With 2022 just hours away, we are happy to report that Sardi’s on West 44th Street in the Theater District near Times Square has just recently reopened after being closed for 648 days due to the pandemic.
This iconic restaurant was founded by Vincent Sardi and his wife Eugenia in 1927 and is known for the hundreds of illustrated caricatures of show business celebrities that cover the walls. Sardi’s is still frequented by many #Broadway actors and offers a low-cost “actor’s menu” available to members of Actors’ Equity or the Screen Actors Guild.
When we took this photo of @sardisnyc for our book “New York Nights” in 2010 we were lucky enough to interview the longtime bartender, Joseph Petrsoric, who has been lining up martini glasses on the 2nd floor bar since 1968. He told us that “In the good old days, we would often get the entire cast of a new Broadway show coming in here on opening night. The producers, backers and everyone from the show would eat and drink and sweat it out waiting for the critics’ reviews.”
• Check out our full interview with Joe, who also names who his favorite customer was, in our book “New York Nights”.
