The story
Famous for 2-pound lobsters and oversize prime steaks - destroyed in a $1.4 million mob arson fire in 1958. Gus Allgauer learned the business from dishwasher to bartender before opening his own place.
Everything that was here
- 1950–1958
Allgauer's FiresideSteakhouse
Famous for 2-pound lobsters and oversize prime steaks - destroyed in a $1.4 million mob arson fire in 1958. Gus Allgauer learned the business from dishwasher to bartender before opening his own place.
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