1. Ibid. 

2. New York Times, “Stories of Old New York, The Manhattan Bank and De Soto Chop house,” April 28, 1889. 20,  

3.  Ibid. 

4.  The listing for Pfaff’s cellar establishment is “Pfaff, Charles, 647 B’way” in the section labeled “Porter Houses.” See: Wilson’s Business Directory of New York City (New York: John F. Trow, 1861-62), 400. 

5. The Night Side of New York, 67-68. 

6.  Megargee, “Round Table Knights,” 9. 

7. New York Times, “Stories of Old New York,” 20.