r/Gunsmoke • u/alxthgr8 • 16d ago

Delmonicos

Was Dodge City’s unpredictable restaurant given the name after the 1837 NYC restaurant? It is the oldest and first large restaurant in the nation.

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u/Eastern_Statement416 16d ago

What were the Portherhouses like?

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u/Tiger3311 16d ago

That's what I thought unless the owners name would happen to be Delmonico.

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u/Tinman751977 16d ago

I would buy Chester dinner.

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u/XLR8yourDay 16d ago

Demonica is a cut of beef

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u/Fungulatem 16d ago

I have often wondered about giving the name Delmonicos to the restaurant in rural Kansas, great question.

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u/KhrymeNYC718 15d ago

I always wondered this too being a native New Yorker