P.J. Clarke's

* In Truman Capote's short story *A Beautiful Child*, the bar is referenced in Capote's account of an afternoon he spent with Marilyn Monroe in 1955. * In Patricia Highsmith's *Strangers on a Train*, Guy Bruno tells a detective that he went to "Clarke's on Third Avenue". * The setting also appears in Fernando Schwartz's *Al Sur de Cartago*. **Why it matters in the text:** P.J. Clarke's is used as a recognizable urban shorthand for New York drinking culture, social observation, and everyday sophistication.

Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, USA