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__NOTOC__ Pete's Tavern, located at 129 East 18th Street on the corner of Irving Place in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, is a pub food restaurant and one of several drinking establishments which each claim to be the oldest continuously operated tavern in the city.〔Gray, Christopher. ("Streetscapes: The Bridge Cafe;On the Trail of New York's Oldest Surviving Bar" ) ''New York Times'' (November 19, 1995)〕 The building which houses Pete's was built in 1829, and was originally the Portman Hotel;〔, p.206〕 liquor may have been sold there as early as 1851〔 or 1852〔 – when it was a "grocery & grog" store〔"History of Pete's Tavern" on the tavern's menu〕 – and the first official drinking establishment founded by 1864. It was bought in 1899 by Tom and John Healy, and became Healy's.〔("Lexington Avenue / Irving Place Songline" )〕 During prohibition, when selling alcohol was illegal, the bar continued to operate disguised as a flower shop.〔〔 The writer O. Henry lived down the street at 55 Irving Place from 1903 to 1907,〔 and Healy's appears in his short story "The Lost Blend" under the name "Kenealy's".〔 Local legend also has it that he wrote his well-known story "The Gift of the Magi" in Healy's second booth from the front, but this appears to be apocryphal.〔 Although the tavern claims to be "an official historical landmark", it is neither a designated New York City landmark nor is it on the National Register of Historic Places. It does, however, lie within the Gramercy Park Historic District designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1966.〔("NYCLPC Gramercy Park Historic District Designation Report" ) (September 20, 1966)〕 ==In popular culture== ''Pete's Tavern'' has appeared in numerous films and television programs, including ''Seinfeld'', ''Ragtime'', ''Endless Love'', ''Law & Order'', ''Nurse Jackie'', "Spin City" and ''Sex and the City''. It has also been used as a location for television commercials and print advertisements.〔("Pete's Tavern History" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pete's Tavern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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