"For an individual, it's almost a cliché of personal discovery: while poking around in Grandma's attic, you stumble upon a trunk stuffed with long-lost family artifacts. But for a venerable old restaurant - particularly a defunct one carved up over the past 15 years by a costume jewelry store, a tattoo parlor and an Arby's - such a find is markedly more surprising. Nonetheless, that's essentially what happened to the new owners of Gage & Tollner, the Brooklyn landmark that dished out steak and seafood in an evocative, gaslight-era atmosphere on Fulton Street from the late 19th century until 2004, and that will reopen March 15...."
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/realestate/found-in-the-attic-at-gage-tollner-historic-treasure.html------------------------------
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