Are you a True Downtowner who has found themselves for one reason or another on the Upper East Side and needed a good place to have a drink and grab a good Burger. You need a good joint, not a obnoxious Sports Bar with 20 annoying Flat Screen TVs. You’re not from BumFu_k Iowa, so Applebee’s or Tj McFunsters just won’t do. You’re a Downtowner, you need a inexpensive, unpretentious, non-contrived place with a Cool Vibe. Well for years now, my Go-To all-around place on the Upper East Side (for the Rare Times I’m in that neighborhood) is without question PJ Clarke’s. The ambiance is beyond compare, wonderfully well worn, charming, and awash in History.
PJ CLARKE Facts
One of Sinatra’s favorite joints …..
Johnny Mercer wrote One For My Baby a Sinatra Favorite on a Cocktail Napkin at PJ Clarke’s …..
Jackie Kennedy often brought John F. Kennedy Jr. for a Saturday lunch Burger…….
Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) orders a Burger here in The French Connection …
On June 20, 1958 Buddy Holly proposed to his fiancee there …
Johnny Depp gave a gift of a Guitar to Keith Richards and Keef played on the spot Brown Sugar ….
PJ Clarke’s was a Favorite of Ted Kennedy, Richard Harris, Jake LaMotta, and Dick Clark, all of who love the burger …
Regular Liza Minelli loves the PJ Clarke Burger as well …

