Strip House
13 East 12th Street | Greenwich Village | built 1900
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- 1924
Adolph Mariani opens Asti, where many of the waiters are professional opera singers
Adolph Mariani opened the Italian restaurant Asti at 13 East 12th Street in 1924. Waiters took turns singing arias at a piano in the middle of the room, and a guest might be invited up as well. The walls carried autographed photographs of singers such as Enrico Caruso, and diners occasionally marched through in masks to the Anvil Chorus.
“Located at 13 E. 12th St. in Manhattan, Asti was started in 1924 by Adolph Mariani…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1967
A kitchen fire hits the Asti restaurant at 13 East 12th Street
Around mid-November 1967 a fire broke out in the kitchen of Asti, the Greenwich Village Italian restaurant at 13 East 12th Street, where many of the waiters were professional opera singers.
“Around November 15, 1967 there was a kitchen fire.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1988
The birthday scene in the film Big is shot at the Asti restaurant
The restaurant at 13 East 12th Street, then known as Adolph's Asti, served as the setting for the birthday scene with Tom Hanks in the 1988 film Big. Village Preservation calls it perhaps the most endearing of the area's movie connections. It describes the place as a beloved Village institution famous for waiters who burst into arias, with many theater and opera stars among its customers.
Source: Village Preservation
- 1999
Asti closes after more than 75 years, and a Strip House steakhouse takes its space
The singing restaurant closed on New Year's Eve at the turn of 2000, after more than 75 years in business. Its space at 13 East 12th Street then became home to a Strip House steakhouse. Asti had also appeared briefly in the movie Big, as the setting for Josh's 13th birthday party.
Source: Wikipedia
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