| Murray's Sturgeon Shop | |
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| Established | 1945 (1945) |
| Location | New York City, New York, United States |
Murray's Sturgeon Shop is anappetizing store[1] and neighborhood fixture inManhattan'sUpper West Side. It is located onBroadway between89th Street and90th Street.
The shop was founded by Murray Bernstein in 1945.[2] A few years later, his brother, Sam, became a co-owner.[2] The Bernsteins were born inPoland and immigrated to New York in the 1920s to escapeanti-semitism.[2]
The store specializes insmoked fish, especiallysturgeon, andcaviar.[2][3] In 1964,The New York Times described it as "one of the busiest places on Broadway" and praised its products as "first quality".[3] The store ships their fish all over the world, and in 1980 Murray's appetizers were being sold at theNeiman Marcus Epicure Shop inWhite Plains, New York.[4]
Show business personalitiesSammy Cahn andZero Mostel were regulars at the shop.[5]
In 1974, the shop was sold to restaurateurArtie Cutler. Artie took in a partner, Harold "Heshy" Berliner, in 1979. They sold the business to Ira Goller in 1990.[6]
Sam Bernstein died in 1977 and Murray Bernstein died in 2000.[2][5]
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