The story
Even a former president couldn't get a last-minute table at this 10-seat Italian restaurant where regulars 'own' their weekly tables for life.
Everything that was here
- 1896–present · still open
Rao'sRestaurant
Even a former president couldn't get a last-minute table at this 10-seat Italian restaurant where regulars 'own' their weekly tables for life.
See the map in 1897 → - 1896–present · still open
Rao's RestaurantRestaurant
One of America's oldest family-owned restaurants in its original location is also the hardest reservation to get—anywhere in the world.
See the map in 1897 → - 1882–1982
Lüchow'sRestaurant
The legendary German restaurant where ASCAP was born and Victor Herbert's orchestra entertained diamond-studded crowds for a century.
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