| Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant | |
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 Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant, New York City, early 1970s | |
 Interactive map of Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1935 |
| Closed | 1974 |
| Location | New York City,New York,United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′40.5″N73°59′4″W / 40.761250°N 73.98444°W /40.761250; -73.98444 |
Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant, known popularly asJack Dempsey's, was arestaurant located in theBrill Building onBroadway between49th Street and50th Streets inManhattan,New York City.[1][2][3]
Owned by world heavyweight boxing championJack Dempsey,[3] the restaurant originally opened for business as Jack Dempsey's Restaurant on Eighth Avenue and 50th Street, directly across from thethird Madison Square Garden, in 1935.[4] Most nights would find Dempsey's famous proprietor on hand to greet guests, sign autographs, pose for pictures, and hold court with people from all walks of life.
It was next door toJack J. Amiel's Turf Restaurant onTimes Square. Amiel became famous as the owner of the "underdog" horseCount Turf who won the 1951Kentucky Derby. A few years after his Derby win, Amiel became a co-owner of Jack Dempsey's Restaurant.
A favorite attraction of the restaurant was its famous cheesecake. In a letter toNew York in 1973, Dempsey wrote, "Jack Dempsey'scheesecake has been in existence for almost 40 years. And in New York it is an institution in itself. It is baked on our premises, eaten in our restaurant, as well as airmailed all over the United States and Europe. We have had requests for our cheesecake from tourists who come to New York from faraway places; we've fulfilled requests over the years from France's late PresidentCharles DeGaulle, who had his cheesecakes sent several times a year."[5]
The restaurant closed in 1974.