{"id":11776,"date":"2017-04-16T20:20:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T20:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/?p=11776"},"modified":"2017-04-17T03:31:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T03:31:40","slug":"welcome-to-delmonicos-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/welcome-to-delmonicos-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Delmonico’s, NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month I reviewed the Sundowners Delmonico Steak in San Bernardino California. If you missed it (how could you have done that), here is the link: http:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/sundowners-family-restaurant-delmonico-steak\/<\/a>
\nDue to this it was natural that we had to go to the real Delmonico’s in New York. Why Delmonico’s? Well we have to tell you a story…<\/p>\n

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The entrance way to Delmonicos has a trophy case with a bunch of awards.<\/p><\/div>\n

The year was 1825 when the first steam ship from Albany in New York arrived on the Manhattan bay. Stepping off the ship was the esteemed guest, the one and only, Marquis de Lafayette. It was at that moment the United States suffered a major diplomatic embarrassment. There was no place for this man to eat. The existing taverns and inns were not the type of place a man like this would want to be seen at and the newly created coffee house did not serve enough food for a group setting. Luckily, a few families got together and agreed to host the Marquis de Lafayette, but not before his couriers dispatched the news to Europe that the United States had no restaurants, not even a small cafe. Hearing this, two years later, two swiss men, John and Peter Delmonico decide to establish the United States’ first restaurant. Actually, they started two business, a restaurant and a corner store. The corner store did not do too well. The restaurant went on to fame. Don’t believe me? Watch this:
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