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797 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10022, USA
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N40° 45' 18.61" W73° 58' 15.01"
(40.755169444444, -73.970836111111)
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Smith & Wollensky is the name of several high-end American steakhouses, with locations in New York, two in Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Houston, Miami Beach, Las Vegas and most recently opened in London. The first Smith and Wollensky steakhouse was founded in 1977 by Alan Stillman, best known for creating T.G.I. Friday's, and Ben Benson, in a distinctive building on 49th Street and 3rd Avenue (once occupied by Manny Wolf's Steakhouse). Many of the restaurants have a wooden exterior with its trademark green and white colors. The individual Smith and Wollensky restaurants operate using slightly varied menus. In 1997, Ruth Reichl, then-restaurant reviewer for the New York Times, called Smith & Wollensky "A steakhouse to end all arguments.".In 2007, Nick Valenti, CEO of the Patina Restaurant Group and his partner Joachim Splichal, together with the Boston-based private equity firm Bunker Hill Capital, purchased The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group.
