About

GALLAGHER’S STEAK HOUSE
Great Steaks, Celebrity Diners, and a Touch of History

228 West 52 Street, New York City, (212) 245-5336
Open seven days a week from noon to midnight.
Reservations suggested.  All major credit cards accepted.

Helen Gallagher and Jack Solomon launched Gallagher’s in November of 1927, a few nights before the opening of “Funny Face”, next door at the Alvin Theater, a brand-new musical by George and Ira Gershwin that starred Fred Astaire and his sister Adele.

“Funny Face” chalked up a respectable 244 performances and was one of the top hits of the 1927-1928 season.  Many years and many musicals later, the Alvin is now the Neil Simon Theater and still conveniently located right next door to Gallagher’s Steak House as is the Virgina Theatre.

In 1927, with Prohibition hanging heavily over the land, Gallagher’s was the first speakeasy-a Runyonesque gathering place for gamblers, sports figures, showbiz folk and other stars of the Broadway firmament.  That changed in 1933, the watershed year that saw the Depression bottom out as FDR took office and delivered on his promise to end Prohibition.

With the sale of liquor now legalized, Helen Gallagher and Jack Solomon brought an entirely new dimension to American cuisine:  Broadway’s first steak house and where the “New York Strip” steak was first served.

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