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New York in 2001: Eateries on Broadway that Still Exist
You'd assume that in two decades time these little food joints, pictured in 2001, might have disappeared. But, alas, a shop that sells 1,000 carrot 🍰 a week, a 🍕 chain owned by Albanians, and many greasy spoons ☕ are resilient. Discover the everyday culinary delights that have persisted on Broadway.
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565 Broadway
Mister Softee was established in 1956 in Philadelphia by brothers William and James Conway.
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Union Square North
Union Square has hosted a farmer's market since 1976. The market was conceived of as a way to directly connect the urban consumer to the Hudson Valley farmer.
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Hartford Building
Surprise! McDonalds has outlasted Starbucks adjacent to the Hartford Building on Union Square.
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1155 Broadway
Broadway Plaza Hotel and Broadway Pizza are on the site of the first commercial demonstration of Edison's Kinetoscope, which took place in a storefront of the building in 1894.
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1271 Broadway
Speedy's is a 24-hour diner that opened in 1981.
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1725 Broadway
Applejack is your typical New York diner affair, and was established in 1980.
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2239 Broadway
The original locations of H\&H Bagels on West 80th has become a neighborhood legend. This storefront no longer exists, but has appeared in Seinfeld, Manhattan Murder Mystery, and countless others.
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2859 Broadway
The first Famous Famiglia Pizzeria was opened in New York in 1986 by the Kolaj brothers. The brothers, who immigrated from former Yugoslavia, have "quietly prospered" serving Italian cuisine - downplaying their own ethnic origins.
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3359 Broadway
Crown Fried Chicken operates out of the ground floor of this early twentieth century apartment building.
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3375 Broadway
Good Taste Restaurant has changed little since 2001.
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3893 Broadway
First Choice Chinese Food has an ambiguous history, like most American Chinese restaurants. The establishment has been operating since at least 2001 - but likely longer.
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3939 Broadway
Wendy's survives the test of time.
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4015 Broadway
On the corner of 169th Street and Broadway, Coogan's, which started out as an Irish Pub, has become "a civic fixture" of the neighborhood.
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5099 Broadway
Twin Donuts here in Inwood is a chain location of a local company that opened in 1959.
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6031 Broadway
Jake's Steakhouse, pictured at right, is a Bronx classic.
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6087 Broadway
Lloyd's Carrot Cake is marked by the dancing carrot sign in the background. Since 1986, owner Betty Campbell-Adams has been baking about 1,000 carrot cakes from scratch every week.
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