John Mariani of Esquire says it best in Esquire on June 14th,

“The first full-fledged restaurant in the U.S. was founded by a Swiss sea captain named Giovanni Delmonico in 1837 down in the then-burgeoning Wall Street district, with individual, well-set tables, French wines, an à la carte menu, and a lady cashier. Every important personage and famous visitor, including Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, dined at “Del’s,” and Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first transatlantic cable from a dining room. Over two centuries, Delmonico’s moved uptown (and closed during Prohibition), but the Beaver Street restaurant, with its marble portals from Pompeii, is still going strong. Along with a steak-and-chops-heavy menu, you can still get Oysters “Diamond Jim Brady,” and the original Lobster Newberg and Chicken a la Keene.”Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/best-old-restaurants-061410#ixzz0r3P21d1H

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