{"id":314535,"date":"2026-08-05T19:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314535\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:08:07","slug":"why-keens-is-still-the-perfect-nyc-institution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314535\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Keens Is Still the Perfect NYC Institution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diners visit Keens<\/a> to feel like they\u2019re in a bygone New York era, starting with an order of an ice-cold martini. The 140-year-old Midtown steakhouse, which has managed to not only stay relevant but is booked up nearly every night, is the textbook definition of an institution in NYC \u2014 one that, after all these years and quite a storied history, happens to still make a really dang good steak.<\/p>\n

As is the case with many restaurants that old, Keens has had a few owners during its tenure. In late 2024, the restaurant was sold to now-ambassador to Rome<\/a>, Tillman Fertitta \u2014 the billionaire CEO of hospitality group Landry\u2019s, which owns Rainforest Cafe, Bubba Gump Shrimp, and more. In addition, since 2017<\/a>, he\u2019s been a partner at Catch Hospitality, which runs super-hot Corner Store<\/a>, the Eighty-Six<\/a>, Or\u2019esh<\/a>, and its namesake cast of Catch restaurants. Thankfully, since his $30 million Keens purchase in 2024, it seems like everything remains unchanged: The restaurant retained the same staff and general manager; the food is identical; and the 45,000 churchwarden pipes still adorn the ceiling.<\/p>\n

The true measure of a good steakhouse is how well it makes a martini. Don\u2019t skip their version \u2014 it\u2019s incredibly cold, made exactly how you want, and quite large. What more could you ask for?<\/p>\n

If you want a cool NYC restaurant souvenir, you can buy a Keens pipe of your very own from the restaurant ($45, plus $50+ for an inscribed message) or via Goldbelly ($65.95).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diners visit Keens to feel like they\u2019re in a bygone New York era, starting with an order of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[17863,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-314535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-dining-reports","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}