Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant

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Coordinates: 40°45′40.5″N 73°59′4″W / 40.761250°N 73.98444°W / 40.761250; -73.98444
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Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant
Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant, New York City, early 1970s
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Restaurant information
Established1935
Closed1974
CityNew York City
StateNew York
CountryUnited States
Coordinates40°45′40.5″N 73°59′4″W / 40.761250°N 73.98444°W / 40.761250; -73.98444

Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant, known popularly as Jack Dempsey's, was a

49th Street and 50th Streets in Manhattan, New York City.[1][2][3]

Owned by world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey,[3] the restaurant originally opened for business as Jack Dempsey's Restaurant on Eighth Avenue and 50th Street, directly across from the third Madison Square Garden, in 1935.[4] Most nights would find Dempsey's famous proprietor on hand to greet guests, sign autographs, pose for pictures, and hold court with people from all walks of life.

It was next door to Jack J. Amiel's Turf Restaurant on Times Square. Amiel became famous as the owner of the "underdog" horse Count Turf who won the 1951 Kentucky Derby. A few years after his Derby win, Amiel became a co-owner of Jack Dempsey's Restaurant.

A favorite attraction of the restaurant was its famous cheesecake. In a letter to

Charles DeGaulle, who had his cheesecakes sent several times a year."[5]

The restaurant closed in 1974.

In popular culture

  • In the 1962 film version of Requiem for a Heavyweight, Jack Dempsey's is where Maish takes Mountain to get him inebriated before his job interview. Jack Dempsey does a cameo as himself in this scene.
  • In the 1972 film The Godfather, the restaurant is named then shown as where Michael Corleone is picked up by Sollozzo and Capt. McCluskey.
  • The restaurant is one of the settings of
    Hubert Selby, Jr.
    's short story "Hi Champ," which appears in the 1986 book Song of the Silent Snow
  • The restaurant is mentioned, as background, three times in E. L. Doctorow's 1989 novel Billy Bathgate.
  • The restaurant is mentioned in Blue Bloods, season 2 episode 5 A night on the town.
  • The restaurant appears during the opening scenes of the 1993 film A Bronx Tale.
  • It can be seen in back projected stock footage of Gotham City in the 1966 television version of Batman.
  • In season 1, episode 6 of The Odd Couple television series, "Oscar's Ulcer" (originally aired October 29, 1970), Oscar Madison is seen going into the restaurant.

References

  1. ^ Dana, Robert W. (August 1, 1949). "Tips on Tables: Jack Dempsey's Is Notable For Special Dishes". Tips on Tables.com. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "Jack J. Amiel, Restaurateur; Owned 1951 Winner of Derby". The New York Times. June 27, 1986.
  3. ^ a b Smith, Red (June 1, 1983). "OBITUARY: Jack Dempsey, 87, is Dead; Boxing Champion of 1920s". The New York Times. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  4. ISBN 978-1-59213-978-1
    .
  5. ^ "Cheesecake". New York. December 10, 1973. p. 6.
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