Keens Steakhouse


Keens Steakhouse is a steakhouse restaurant located at 72 West 36th Street in the Garment District in Manhattan, New York City. The restaurant houses more than 50,000 clay smoking pipes, making it one of the largest collections in the world. Also famous for their mutton chops.

History

The restaurant was founded in 1885 by Albert Keen in Herald Square, what was then the Theater District.
Patrons were given the opportunity to store fragile clay pipes at the restaurant so as to not risk breakage during transportation. The membership roster of the Pipe Club contained over ninety thousand names. Today some of the more well-known patrons’ pipes are on display including:
In 2013, Zagats gave it a food rating of 26, and rated it the # 2 restaurant in the Garment District, and the 7th-best steakhouse in New York City.
Keens is the second oldest steakhouse in New York City after the Old Homestead Steakhouse. Keens briefly closed down in 1979.