Jewish Mafia icon Arnold Rothstein claimed Lindy's as his favorite "office" and would stand on the corner, surrounded by bodyguards, and conduct business outside. I was back with my own people, who spoke my language, with my accent - cardplayers, horseplayers, bookies, song-pluggers, agents, actors out of work and actors playing the Palace, Al Jolson with his mob of fans, and Arnold Rothstein with his mob of runners and flunkies. Harpo Marx frequently ate at Lindy's in the 1920s, writing "I had a home again, and during the day a choice of two homes-away-from-home, Lindy's or Reuben's. The "Lindy's" name and concept was resurrected in 1979 by New York City restaurant operator the Riese Organization, who determined that the name had fallen into the public domain, and later obtained the trademark. The cheesecake was immortalized in Guys and Dolls, where Nathan Detroit and Sky Masterson sang its praises. Lindy's was especially well known for its cheesecake, which was at times credited as perhaps the most famous in the United States. In 1969, the 1655 Broadway location was acquired by Longchamps restaurants, who closed the restaurant in September 1969 to convert it into a steak house (it became a Steak & Brew and later a Beefsteak Charlie's). Since June 2017, a Junior's Restaurant now occupies the venerated location. The original Lindy's location closed in 1957. On April 5, 1956, Abraham Telvi, a mobster and hit man, attacked journalist Victor Riesel with acid, blinding him as he left the restaurant. A second location was opened at 1655 Broadway in 1929. Lindy's was opened by Leo "Lindy" Lindemann (died 1957, Parkinson's disease) and his wife Clara on August 20, 1921, and was located at 1626 Broadway, between 49th and 50th Streets. The Riese's Lindy's were located at 825 7th Avenue (at 53rd Street) and 401 7th Avenue (at 32nd Street).
The original chain had locations at 1626 Broadway (at NE corner of 49th Street now occupied by a Junior's Restaurant, as of October 2020) and 1655 Broadway (at NW corner of 51st Street now occupied by a McDonald's Restaurant, as of October 2020).
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