Reisenweber's Cafe

Reisenweber's Cafe
Beefsteak dinner at Reisenweber's honoring H. H. Rogers and Mark Twain, 1908
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AddressNew York City
Coordinates40°46′02″N 73°58′58″W / 40.767359°N 73.982778°W / 40.767359; -73.982778
Opened1856
Closed1922


Reisenweber's Cafe, also known as Reisenweber's Restaurant[1] or simply Reisenweber's,[2] was a restaurant, nightclub, and hotel in Columbus Circle, Manhattan, on the intersection of Eighth Ave and 58th Street,[3] from 1856/7 to 1922.[4]

Reisenweber's Cafe was known for introducing and/or popularizing jazz,[5] cabaret,[2] and Hawaiian dance[3] in New York City, the modern cover charge,[6] and for its high-profile Volstead Act lawsuit and shutdown decree during Prohibition.[7]

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  4. ^ "Reisenweber's Cafe: glamour, late nights and hot jazz". The Bowery Boys: New York City History. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. ^ "25 Restaurants We Wish Still Existed". NBC New York. Retrieved 21 August 2020. "Reisenweber’s, where the Original Dixieland Jazz Band was discovered (spurring the jazz age) and where a hula dancer performed in Doraldina’s Hawaiian Room. Site of New York’s first cover charge (25 cents). 1
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