Delmonico's

Still running at 56 Beaver Street.; The [Delmonico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmonico%27s) tradition began in 1827. > the little oyster supper I'd planned for you at Delmonico's next Sunday — Edith Wharton, *[The Age of Innocence](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/541/541-h/541-h.htm)* (1920). [In Wharton](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/541/541-h/541-h.htm), Delmonico's signifies expensive ease, urban polish, and the lure of a more theatrical social world. Julius Beaufort's invitation is not just dinner; it is a display of money, taste, access, and slightly dangerous cosmopolitan glamour. The restaurant helps Wharton make class performance visible in a single place-name.

New York, New York, United States