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Old Homestead Steakhouse
Founded in 1868 as the Tidewater Trading Post, run by one family since the 1940s, and the house that says it brought Japanese wagyu to the United States.
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Why go
In 1868 a German family opened the Tidewater Trading Post at West 14th Street and Ninth Avenue, at the edge of what became the Meatpacking District; the house calls itself one of the longest continually operating restaurants in America, and FSR Magazine wrote in 2022 that it was the country's oldest continually running steakhouse. The Sherry family has run it since the 1940s. The menu still reads as a mid-century steakhouse: Prime sirloin, porterhouse for two, prime rib on the bone and a 40-day dry-aged rib steak, with Japanese wagyu added in the 1990s.
What to order
- Prime 40-day dry-aged rib steak on the bone, for two
- Herb- and spice-crusted ribeye, 16 oz
- Sherry Brothers New York Prime sirloin, 16 oz
Not published: fire, breed.
01What to order
- Prime 40-day dry-aged rib steak on the bone, for twoThe only cut on the menu with a stated aging time.
- Herb- and spice-crusted ribeye, 16 ozThe house special; US$69 per Time Out in July 2025.
- Sherry Brothers New York Prime sirloin, 16 ozNamed for the two brothers who run the house.
- Prime porterhouse for twoStrip and tenderloin on one bone; Ruth Reichl compared it to the Manhattan phone book in 1994.
- Wagyu stripUS$73 per Time Out, with cipollini onions and mushrooms.
- Japanese wagyu A5+ filet, 8 ozListed under Japanese Wagyu; the online menu shows no prices.
02The beef
The grade on the menu is USDA Prime, and one cut carries a number: the rib steak for two, dry-aged 40 days. The Gotham rib steak on the bone is 24 oz and the Prime filet on the bone 15 oz. In 2022, when it ran a US$99 offer on a 38 oz porterhouse for two, FSR reported that the beef was USDA Prime, dry-aged, from butcher Pat LaFrieda. The Japanese wagyu story is the house's own: per its site, Greg and Marc Sherry worked with Japanese producers and with US and Japanese officials to import it, which the house says helped lift the USDA ban on Kobe imports. The number: 40 days.
03The fire
No source read by Steakpedia describes the grill or the broiler.
04The story
The German family that founded the Tidewater Trading Post kept it for about 70 years; in the 1940s Harry Sherry, who had started there washing dishes, bought it, and his grandsons Greg and Marc Sherry own it today. The cow over the entrance, called Annabelle by the house, has been there since 1958. Time Out wrote in July 2025 that the three-level dining room, with stamped-tin ceilings, was last refreshed around 1950. Ruth Reichl reviewed it in The New York Times in 1994; it appeared in Seinfeld in 1995 and The Sopranos in 2004. Wikipedia notes that it predates Keens (1885) and Peter Luger (1887). A branch runs at the Borgata in Atlantic City.
05The practical
56 Ninth Avenue, between 14th and 15th Streets; phone 212-242-9040. Tuesday to Friday 17:00 to 21:00, Saturday 17:00 to 22:00, Sunday 16:00 to 21:00; closed on Mondays. The online menu has no prices, so ask when booking. Steaks also ship nationwide through Goldbelly. Nearest subway: 14th Street (A, C, E) or Eighth Avenue (L).
- Address
- 56 9th Avenue, Meatpacking District, New York, NY 10011
- Phone
- +1 212 242 9040
- Website
- theoldhomesteadsteakhouse.com
- Directions
- Google Maps ↗
When was Old Homestead Steakhouse founded?
In 1868, as the Tidewater Trading Post, at West 14th Street and Ninth Avenue.
Is Old Homestead the oldest steakhouse in the United States?
The house calls itself one of the longest continually operating restaurants in America, and FSR Magazine called it the oldest continually running steakhouse in 2022.
Does Old Homestead dry-age its beef?
The menu lists a Prime rib steak on the bone for two, dry-aged 40 days.
Does Old Homestead serve Japanese wagyu?
Yes, an 8 oz A5+ filet. The house says it was the first in the US to bring in Japanese wagyu, in the 1990s.
06In New York’s selections
07Sources
theoldhomesteadsteakhouse.com · en.wikipedia.org · timeout.com · timeout.com · theoldhomesteadsteakhouse.com · fsrmagazine.com · theoldhomesteadsteakhouse.com
Last verified Oct. 29, 2026.
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