Where is Keens Steakhouse?

At 72 West 36th Street, in Midtown Manhattan, New York. The nearest station is 34th Street-Herald Square (B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, W).

Which museums and sights are near Keens Steakhouse?

Empire State Building is 300 m away, The Museum of Modern Art is 1.4 km away, The High Line is 1.6 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

What is Keens Steakhouse known for?

The pipes, The mutton chop, The rooms. A chop house of 1885 with more than fifty thousand clay pipes hanging from its ceilings, famous for its mutton chop. Two blocks from the Empire State Building.

When did Keens Steakhouse open?

In 1885. Founded in 1885 by Albert Keen.

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Keens Steakhouse

Keens is the last survivor of the theatre district that stood round Herald Square in the 1880s. The actors are gone. Their pipes are still on the ceiling.

What it is: Steakhouse
Opened: 1885
Area: Herald Square
Nearest museum: Empire State Building, 300 m

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What Keens Steakhouse is known for

The pipes
Regulars once kept a long clay pipe at the house, to be brought to the table after dinner. More than fifty thousand hang in rows from the ceilings, one of the largest collections in the world.
The mutton chop
The dish the house is known for, a saddle of mutton cut thick. The millionth was sold in 1935.
The rooms
A warren of dark panelled dining rooms on two floors, hung with playbills, prints and photographs of the nineteenth century.

What to know

Founded in 1885 by Albert Keen
Men only until 1905, when the actress Lillie Langtry took it to court and won
Five minutes' walk from the Empire State Building

Where Keens Steakhouse is

Address

72 West 36th Street
New York, NY 10018, United States

Nearest station

34th Street-Herald Square (B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, W)

Museums and sights nearby

Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

The pipe club

Albert Keen opened his English chop house in 1885, among the theatres of Herald Square. It was a club as much as a restaurant, and its members left their pipes in its keeping.

Women were refused until 1905. That year Lillie Langtry, the most famous actress of her day, was turned away, sued, and won.

Keens Steakhouse: common questions

Where is Keens Steakhouse?: At 72 West 36th Street, in Midtown Manhattan, New York. The nearest station is 34th Street-Herald Square (B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, W).
Which museums and sights are near Keens Steakhouse?: Empire State Building is 300 m away, The Museum of Modern Art is 1.4 km away, The High Line is 1.6 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
What is Keens Steakhouse known for?: The pipes, The mutton chop, The rooms. A chop house of 1885 with more than fifty thousand clay pipes hanging from its ceilings, famous for its mutton chop. Two blocks from the Empire State Building.
When did Keens Steakhouse open?: In 1885. Founded in 1885 by Albert Keen.

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