14th Street through the years

 

Lüchow's Restaurant on 14th Street. 'Port of seven seas' with Wallace Beery opened at the City Theatre on 1st July 1938.  

Lüchow's was a restaurant located at 110 East 14th Street at Irving Place in East Village (near Union Square) in Manhattan, New York City.  It was established in 1882, at a time when the surrounding neighborhood was primarily residential. 

 

August Guido Lüchow, an immigrant from Hanover, Germany, arrived in the United States in 1879 at the age of 23. After working as waiter for a cafe on Duane Street, he became a bartender and waiter at a cafe & beer-garden belonging to Baron von Mehlbach. Three years later, aged 26, he purchased the business with the help of a $1,500 loan from William Steinway, the piano magnate, who had his concert hall and showrooms Steinway Hall across the street at Union Square and a door away from the Academy of Music, the cities opera house of the time. 

Lüchow's remained in operation at this place for a full century, becoming a favorite of stars of stage and screen until it closed in 1986.