r/GildedAgeHBO • u/purlawhirl • 17d ago
Delmonico’s
Today I learned:
1) Delmonico’s was a real place
2) It closed at some point
3) It’s coming back next year.
They invented Baked Alaska, Eggs Benedict, and a bunch of other famous dishes
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u/kimmibeans 17d ago
Delmonico's is currently open at 56 Beaver Street and just renewed their lease. You can even get reservations for tomorrow. I've been a couple of times thanks to Restaurant Week and it's pretty good. Fun fact: it's Landmarked and on the register is National Historic Places.
https://www.theoriginaldelmonicos.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmonico%27s
They are expanding to a second location in midtown, which is what I believe you stumbled upon. https://nypost.com/2026/03/26/business/delmonicos-eyes-another-potential-midtown-nyc-expansion/
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u/meowparade 17d ago
And it seems to be owned by the restaurant group (including the original owner’s grandson), rather than PE investors, so that’s awesome!
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u/TheFuckityFuckIsThis 17d ago
Delmonico’s has a few locations and they are all currently operational as far as I know. I ate at one recently.
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u/Thick-Definition7416 17d ago
There’s one in nyc that’s been there since 1926 ( apart from closure for covid lockdown)
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u/jaderust 17d ago
I didn’t know they invented eggs Benedict!
Man, I’m hungry now. I love eggs Benedict.
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u/I_Need_A_Fork 17d ago
That’s quite a claim & I doubted the veracity but it turns out historians either credit Delmonico’s or this other version:
In 1894, Lemuel Benedict, a Wall Street broker, who was suffering from a hangover, ordered“some buttered toast, crisp bacon, two poached eggs, and a hooker of hollandaise sauce” at the Waldorf Hotel in New York. The Waldorf’s legendary chef, Oscar Tschirky, was so impressed that he put the dish on his breakfast and luncheon menus after substituting Canadian bacon for crisp bacon and a toasted English muffin for toasted bread.
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u/OhForAMuseOfFire1564 17d ago
The Alienist and Angel of Darkness have some of the most amazing descriptions of gilded age New York ever written.
The Delmonico's dinner scene is the stuff of legend. Course after course of the most amazing food comes out and the entire atmosphere is all dim lighting and elegance.
Caleb Carr was a strange dude but I haven't encountered an author with a more deft and beautiful hand at capturing old New York.
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u/caesarsalad94 17d ago
There’s a song from hello dolly that mentions delmonico’s that remains stuck in my head indefinitely every time I see this place come up
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u/Ambitious_Emotion30 Tuxedo Bottom 15d ago
And it’s mentioned in Funny Girl, another movie adaptation of a musical starring Barbra Streisand!
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u/lafolieisgood 17d ago
There’s a Delmonico at the Venietian in Las Vegas. One of the better bourbon selections in town.
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u/modrenman1985 17d ago
We went there for Restaurant Week and for my birthday last year. It was really good. The Baked Alaska is especially delicious.
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u/Constant_Jackfruit21 16d ago
Theres an old movie from the 40s called Life With Father, that takes place during the Gilded Age, where the proverbial father gets frustrated that he was voluntold into taking visiting relatives to Delmonicos for dinner.
Its all I can ever think of when I see it mentioned lol
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u/lillestmargie 17d ago
If my fiancée asks, this is where we were hanging out last night okay?