Reisenweber's Cafe

Reisenweber's Cafe
Beefsteak dinner at Reisenweber's honoring H. H. Rogers and Mark Twain, 1908
AddressNew York City
Coordinates40°46′02″N 73°58′58″W / 40.767359°N 73.982778°W / 40.767359; -73.982778
Opened1856
Closed1922

Reisenweber's Cafe, also known as Reisenweber's Restaurant or simply Reisenweber's, was a restaurant, nightclub, and hotel in Columbus Circle, Manhattan, on the intersection of Eighth Ave and 58th Street, from 1856/7 to 1922.

Reisenweber's Cafe was known for introducing and/or popularizing jazz, cabaret, and Hawaiian dance in New York City, the modern cover charge, and for its high-profile Volstead Act lawsuit and shutdown decree during Prohibition.