Cavanagh's, New York, 1954 Mardi Gras Top of the Sixes closed

Top of the Sixes closed in 1996 and the space is now occupied by the Grand Havana Club

the Kungsholm was renowned for its elegant and spare design with spacious saloons

It was featured in Jack Kerouac’s 1957 masterpiece On The Road

it was called “the most talked-about bar in America

The Brittanic and Georgic quickly became popular

Cavanagh's, New York, 1954 Mardi Gras Top of the Sixes closedThe rather plain faade of a massive Clearview movieplex now occupies the old Cavanagh's site at 254 260 West 23rd Street in Manhattan. A twelve table clam bar called Kenny's had stood at number 258 since 1876 and John J. Cavanagh took it over in 1894 and so Cavanagh's was born. It soon became popular with Tammany Hall politicians and sporting figures, especially prize fighters, and the business flourished. The restaurant expanded by taking over