| 1930/01/01 |
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Founders Jack and Charlie unhinged the gate from the doorway of their restaurant, Puncheon Grotto, at 42 W 49th Street and install it three blocks north at 21 W 52nd Street. '21' is officially opened. |
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| 1935/00/00 |
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In the early 1930s, entrepreneur, Jay van Urk, gives the '21' a small statue of a jockey. |
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| 1950/00/00 |
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In the late 1940s or early 1950s, The 21 Club begins serving gourmet burgers at the exorbitant price of $2.75, compared with McDonald's price of 15 cents. |
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Birth of American Fast Food |
| 2020/11/00 |
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With indoor dining prohibited at all New York City restaurants due to the COVID-19 pandemic March 2020, management announce that the 21 Club is permanently closed. |
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| 2020/12/00 |
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The 21 Club's collection of 37 ornamental jockeys, donated by some of the best-known stables in American thoroughbred racing, are removed from the exterior staircase and balcony. |
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