Barney Greengrass
541 Amsterdam Avenue | also 555 Amsterdam Avenue, 176 West 87th Street, 551 Amsterdam Avenue | Upper West Side | built 1918
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- 1929
Barney Greengrass moves its smoked-fish business from Harlem to Amsterdam Avenue
Barney Greengrass began in 1908 at West 113th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem and moved to its current spot on Amsterdam Avenue in 1929. By its centennial the business was still family-owned and called itself the Sturgeon King. Owner Gary Greengrass kept relics of the past, including wallpaper that had hung for 50 years and a refrigerator his father called the icebox.
Source: Internet Archive
- 2001
Moe Greengrass dies and the restaurant passes to his son Gary, the founder's grandson
After Barney Greengrass died, the business was run by his son Marvin, known as Moe, and Moe's wife Shirley. When Moe died in 2001, responsibility for the restaurant passed to his own son Gary, the third generation of the family. The founder, his son and his grandson each ran the business in turn.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2008
The Sturgeon King turns 100 and sells coffee for 15 cents, the 1908 price
To mark its hundredth birthday on June 11, 2008, Barney Greengrass rolled prices back to 1908: coffee for 15 cents instead of $2.25, eggs with Nova Scotia salmon for $1.40 instead of $10, and sturgeon for $1.75 instead of $17.50. Owner Gary Greengrass, then 48, said the restaurant wanted to change with the times but was also like an old, comfortable shoe. It had served Franklin Roosevelt, George Burns and Jerry Seinfeld.
Source: Internet Archive
- 2019
Vampire Weekend's Sunflower video, partly shot at Barney Greengrass, comes out
The music video for Vampire Weekend's song Sunflower was released on March 13, 2019. Jonah Hill directed it, and it was shot partly at Barney Greengrass and partly at Zabar's. The video features cameo appearances by the artist Fab 5 Freddy and the comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
“It was filmed at Zabar's and Barney Greengrass on the Upper West Side, Manhattan and features a cameo appearance from artist Fab 5 Freddy and comedian Jerry Seinfeld.”
Source: Wikipedia
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