Toots Shor's Restaurant

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Toots Shor's Restaurant
Restaurant information
Established	1940 (1940)
Closed	1971 (1971)
Street address	51 West 51st Street
City	New York
State	New York
Postal/ZIP Code	10019
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°45′39″N 73°58′49.6″W / 40.76083°N 73.980444°W / 40.76083; -73.980444

Toots Shor's Restaurant was a restaurant and lounge owned and operated by Bernard "Toots" Shor at 51 West 51st Street in Manhattan during the 1940s and 1950s. It was known for its oversized circular bar.^[1] It was frequented by celebrities, and together with the 21 Club, the Stork Club, Delmonico's and El Morocco was one of the places to see and be seen. Joe DiMaggio often went there to eat, and that helped make it famous. Toots was said to do personal favors for Joe as well, at no cost.^[2]

Jackie Gleason always ate there for free. Other notable guests included Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Orson Welles, Yogi Berra, and Ernest Hemingway (Berra and Hemingway allegedly met there).^[2]