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This legendary New York Italian bakery, begun in 1894, started as a pool hall where the owner served baked goods to his customers.

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The menu categories of this café, a spinoff of a 1914 appetizing store, include ‘noshes’ and ‘caviar.’

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The oldest Irish tavern in the city, this ale house, which opened in 1854, was men-only until 1970.

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Which New York steak house, opened in 1926, features drawings of celebrities on its walls?

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Red velvet cake is widely considered to have originated in the South, but one New York hotel also claims provenance. Name it.

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Which New York restaurant is credited with being the first to serve chicken and waffles?

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What staple of American cuisine was introduced to New Yorkers in the 1870s by German immigrant Nathan Handwerker?

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In what decade did the Italian flatbread focaccia make its first appearance in New York?

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What pioneering New York restaurateur was nicknamed the ‘Queen of Soul Food’?

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By what other name is the Ukrainian East Village Restaurant known?

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Which New York deli has signs reading ‘Send a salami to your boy in the army?’

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Which Manhattan restaurant, opened in 1885, has 90,000 vintage clay tobacco pipes hanging from its ceiling?

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P.J. Clarke’s, the landmark bar featured in a recent trivia question, originally had four floors but lost two. What happened to the top...

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What is the story behind the curious name of the centuries-old Ear Inn in SoHo?

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This 112-year-old Theater District restaurant claims to be the first in New York to serve risotto, white truffles, sun-dried tomatoes, tiramisu, and decaf...

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Which vintage saloon, built in 1884 and still standing, was featured in the 1945 film ‘Lost Weekend’?

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This famous steakhouse opened in Brooklyn in 1887 as ‘Carl’s Café, Billiards and Bowling Alley.’ Carl was the nephew of owner Peter. What...

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The second oldest restaurant in New York, which opened on Water Street in 1794, was originally a grocery and wine and porter bottler....

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