Murray's Sturgeon Shop | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1945 |
City | New York City |
State | New York |
Country | United States |
Murray's Sturgeon Shop is an appetizing store [1] and neighborhood fixture in Manhattan's Upper West Side. It is located on Broadway between 89th Street and 90th Street.
The shop was founded by Murray Bernstein in 1945. [2] A few years later, his brother, Sam, became a co-owner. [2] The Bernsteins were born in Poland and immigrated to New York in the 1930s to escape anti-semitism. [2]
The store specializes in smoked fish, especially sturgeon, and caviar. [2] [3] In 1964, The New York Times described it as "one of the busiest places on Broadway" and praised its products as "first quality". [3] The store ships their fish all over the world, and in 1980 Murray's appetizers were being sold at the Neiman Marcus Epicure Shop in White Plains, New York. [4]
Show business personalities Sammy Cahn and Zero Mostel were regulars at the shop. [5]
In 1974, the shop was sold to restaurateur Artie Cutler. Artie took in a partner, Harold "Heshy" Berliner, in 1979. They sold the business to Ira Goller in 1990. [6]
Sam Bernstein died in 1977 and Murray Bernstein died in 2000. [2] [5]
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