The famous Italian restaurant celebrated it’s 75th anniversary yesterday with prices straight from 1933. A cute gimmick that could only last for one night — if that.
Sinatra and Tony Bennett probably had to pay more than 90 cents for their steaks, but last night, anyone who was hip to the price cut got the special treatment. Most drinks were 10 cents and pizza was $0.60.
But you missed it. We all did. Sneaky, huh? In this economic climate, I guess they really couldn’t afford to go anymore public with their celebration. I wonder if the waiters made Depression-era wages.
Here’s more, from NY1:
- Patsy’s fan Stephanie Stith joined 150 people who camped outside the restaurant, waiting for the deal and pizzas that are cooked within two minutes in a coal-burning stove.
- “Didn’t like pizza growing up until I had a slice of Patsy’s pizza,” said Stith.
- Patsy’s co-owner says he’s just being kind to a community that’s been kind to him.
- “We’ve had 75 successful years here through thick and thin and just one day a year we have to do this, and this was a good starting point,” said Patsy’s co-owner John Brecevich. “We’d love to do it every year until we hit 100 and then we’ll see where we go from there.”
Read the full story here.
