Spinoff Restaurants
Several waiters have since left Peter Luger's and opened their own steakhouses with menus modeled after Peter Luger fare:
- Andre Cottoloni founded ANDRE'S STEAKHOUSE in NAPLES Florida in 1993 and Still serves up Luger inspired sizzling steaks. *TEAMMILLER*
ANDRE'S STEAKHOUSE
- Wolfgang Zwiener founded Wolfgang's Steakhouse with four locations in Manhattan as well as locations in Beverly Hills, California, Waikiki, Hawaii, and Miami, Florida.
- Ben and Jack Sinanaj founded Ben & Jack's Steakhouse, with two locations in Manhattan
- Robert Dickert, great-grandson to Carl Luger, left New York City to establish Great Uncle Peter's steakhouse near Scranton, Pennsylvania before closing this location and opening Carl Von Luger's in downtown Scranton.
- MarkJoseph Steakhouse founded in 2000 and located in lower Manhattan
- Charlie Blair and Joe Perrone founded the Blair Perrone Steakhouse in Manhattan which has since closed
- Joseph Kustra opened Joseph's Steakhouse in Bridgeport, Connecticut in the year 2000. Kustra had worked at Peter Luger's as executive chef for 15 years.
- Arturo McLeod and Benjamin Prelvukaj established Benjamin Steak House in midtown Manhattan in 2006.
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