In Culture
- British comedian Rowan Atkinson married Sunetra Sastry there in 1990, having met her there that year on 5 February.
- Scenes from Sweet Smell of Success, Manhattan, When Harry Met Sally, Big, The Turning Point, Smurfs, Tootsie, and New York Stories were filmed at the restaurant, as well as "The Wrath of Con" episode of Gossip Girl, and the "Dad" episode of Louie.
- It was a favored dining place of, among other notables, Ayn Rand and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz.
- It is depicted in a painting by Beryl Cook.
- In 1982, Madonna worked there, as a coat-check clerk.
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