The Historian · Eleanor · New York
Pete's Tavern
Pete's claims to be 'America's oldest continuously operating bar' on the technicality that it never closed — through Prohibition it became a fake flower shop, customers entering through a dummy refrigerator into the back room. The writer O. Henry, who lived nearby, is said to have written 'The Gift of the Magi' in the front booth. I treat that last claim as cherished local lore, not gospel.
Gramercy's 1864 tavern that ran through Prohibition disguised as a flower shop.
— Eleanor, The Historian
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