Pranit More: Ghayal

Before

0.4 mi · 8 min walk - Flatiron - NoMad

The old Eisenberg's counter at 174 Fifth Avenue, reopened under new ownership in 2022 with the original exterior signage left up. It is still a row of stools facing a griddle, and the tuna melt is still the order. The kitchen runs to 8pm, later than the shop ever managed as Eisenberg's.

After

0.4 mi · 9 min walk - Union Square - Gramercy

Opened at 45 East 18th in 1892 and still running a dumbwaiter that hauls plates from the basement kitchen to the upstairs dining floor, the oldest one working in the city. Tin ceilings above a long mahogany bar, and a burger that has not changed much. The upstairs is where you go when the bar is three deep.