Est. 1895. Original building and fixtures, but was moved piece by piece in the 1970s. Claims to have invented hamburger sandwich (what we generally now just call a "hamburger").
Established 1905 and operated until 1984. In 1994, a friend of the family reopened a block away. The original sold tomato pies wrapped in paper, tied with a string and claims to have invented NY style
Sit in the red car room and order a Guinness float with your french dip and go easy on the mustard. Contrast this moody restaurant style to the deli style at Philippe's, french dip's other "inventor."
Pick a "carver" behind the counter and queue up in front of her until you get your french dip. Cole's also claims invention of french dip sandwiches in 1908, so compare their vastly different styles.
Established 1933, continuously operated. One of the originators of New York style pizza and one of the few coal oven pizzerias in the city. Inspiration for a key scene of The Godfather.
Opened in 1943, Pizzeria Uno claims to have invented deep-dish pizza. Is it Chicago's best? You decide.
Invented tiramisu in the 1970s. Closed in 2014, reopened with modernized interior and different ownership.
Est. 1918. Invented the Garbage Plate (combination of fries, macaroni salad, and baked beans, topped by meats and spicy mustard, chopped onions, or hot sauce) around the same time.
Opened in 1907, the restaurant is where its namesake and original owner Alfredo Di Lelio invented the classic pasta dish, fettucine alfredo, before selling it on to its current owners in 1943.
Get the original Singapore sling here and throw peanut shells on the floor without guilt. A rare luxury in Singapore!
Francis Coulson came up with sticky toffee pudding at the Sharrow Bay Country House Hotel in the seventies - sponge cake covered in toffee sauce, served with ice cream or custard.
Invented General Tso's Chicken, but doesn't serve it anymore due to demand becoming an annoyance.
"A shoutout is in order for this Mission classic (since 1961), home of the very first Mission burrito. Were it not for El Faro, we might never have had what's arguably the iconic San Francisco food."
“The menu features six kinds of Bloody Mary, which the King Cole claims to have invented in the nineteen-thirties. They call the original the Red Snapper, and it’s spicy, irresistible, and strong.” Read more.
Stefano Callegari invented the trapizzino, a stuffed pocket of pizza dough, here in 2008 when it was called 00100, before renaming the place after the dish.
Est. 1837. Charles Ranhofer invented Baked Alaska here in 1867. Eggs Benedict was invented here for LeGrand Benedictine in the 1860s. Also claims Lobster Newberg was invented herein 1876.
Est. 1852. Louis Fauchere bought the hotel after leaving work at Delmonico's and claimed he invented Lobster Newburg here in 1867.
Est. 1871. Invented brownies in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition World’s Fair.
Opened in 1894. Claims to have invented Rocky Road, Toasted Almond, and Swiss Milk Chocolate flavors in the first decades of the 20th Century. Moved to current location in 1961.
Invented Nashville hot chicken in the 1930s, allegedly when a jealous lover of one of Thornton Prince fed him extra spicy chicken out of vengeance.
The Parker House Hotel claims that the Boston cream pie was invented in its restaurant by Augustine Francois Anezin in between 1865 and 1881.
The Tarte Tatin was invented here by Stephanie and Carline Tatin in the 1880s.
Claims to have invented the Margarita in the late 1940s, named for the then-owner, Margarita King.
Claims the Margarita was invented here in October 1941 by Don Carlos Orozco for Margarita Henkel, daughter of the German Ambassador to Mexico.
Pastéis de nata were created before the 18th century by the Jerónimos Monastery. In 1834-37, the monastery closed, a nearby sugar refinery bought the recipe, and opened Fábrica de Pastéis de Belém.
Walter Knott discovered and cultivated the Boysenberry in the 20s and began selling them in 1932. Mrs. Knott opened her chicken dinner restaurant and began serving Boysenberry pie in 1934.
Est. c. 1760. Invented Oyakodon in 1891 when customers ordering Shamo Sukiyaki would leave leftovers.
Est. 1914. Claims to have invented the Chili Dog, called a "Coney Island Dog" in Michigan.
Est. 1917. Claims to have invented the Chili Dog, called a "Coney Island Dog" in Michigan.
Est. 1947, by the man who claimed to have invented both Tandoori Chicken and Butter Chicken in the 1920s-1930s while working at a restaurant in Peshawar, and popularized the dishes.
Est. 1969. Claims to have invented the fried pickle in 1969. Duchess Drive-In in Atkins, AR also claims to have done so in 1963, but is permanently closed.
Est. 1725. Oldest Patisserie in Paris. Invented ali- baba cake in 1725, adapting a bun King Stanislas of Poland had brought from a trip, and the baba au rhum (rum baba) in 1830 by adding rum to it.
Est. 1911. Claims to have invented the Bloody Mary and the Sidecar in the 1921.
Department store est. in 1707. Claims to have invented Scotch Eggs in 1851. The name supposedly came from a nickname used after Wellington Barracks Scots Guards officers developed a taste for them.
Auguste Escoffier invented the Peach Melba at the Savoy Hotel in 1893, dessert of peaches, vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce. The Savoy also invented the Omelette Arnold Bennett in 1929.
Est. 1706. Claims to have invented Earl Grey Tea in the 1830s, named for Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, British Prime Minister. There are several conflicting and apocryphal accounts of its origin.
(Private.) Est. 1919. Bartender Pat McGarry created the Buck's Fizz cocktail, a Mimosa variant, here in 1921.
Est. 1840. Created Oysters Rockefeller in 1899, which were named after John D. Rockefeller, then the richest man in the world, as the dish was promoted as the richest dish in the world.
Est. 1931. Invented the Bellini cocktail between 1934-48, a mixture of Prosecco and peach puree. Also invented Carpaccio in 1950, so-called because of a Carpaccio exhibition in Venice that year.
Invented Blackened Redfish in 1982. Paul Prudhomme only had room in the kitchen to cook with black skillets, in which he seared a well-seasoned redfish in butter.
Claims to have invented fajitas in 1973. Ninfa's calls them tacos al carbon, made from skirt steak, which in Spanish is fajita.
Invented the Cronut in 2013, a pastry that resembles a doughnut and is made from croissant-like dough which is filled with flavored cream and fried in grapeseed oil.
Created by Central Grocery in 1906, the muffuletta is New Orleans’ signature sandwich. If this sounds like your average Italian hero, then the delicious marinated olive salad will change your mind. Read more.
Created Negimaki in 1963. After a NY Times critic said a Japanese restaurant had to serve beef in NY, chef Nobuyoshi Kuraoka wrapped it around scallions with soy sauce.
Invented the Pizza alla Margherita in 1889 by Raffaele Esposito to commemorate a visit to Naples by Queen Margarita, so he made it in the colors of the new Italian flag — green, white, and red.
Created Green Goddess dressing in the mid 1920s to honor actor George Arliss, appearing in the play The Green Goddess.
Invented Vichyssoise in 1912. Chef Louis Diat created a cold soup for summer based on the hot potato soups his mother made when he lived in Vichy. Alternate name crème gauloise was given during WWII.
Est. 1927. Invented the New Jersey "Sloppy Joe" Sandwich - a cold multi-decker rye sandwich with cold cuts, swiss cheese, Russian dressing, and coleslaw - in the 1930s based on a sandwich from Havana.
Est. 1933. Some attribute the Sloppy Joe Sandwich to this bar, which has served a loose beef sandwich, although the bar itself does not claim this and research suggests it came from Sioux City, Iowa.
Est. 1920s (?). Thought to be the origin of NJ's "Sloppy Joe" Sandwich, when a patron took home the idea from ingredients the bar laid out. Some also attribute the loose beef Sloppy Joe to this bar.
Est. 1837. They suspect Sebastian Schwabl invented the Beef on Weck sandwich here in the 19th century as they have served it since, but it may have been invented by someone else, William Wahr.
Nguyen Van Giang invented cà phê trứng (“egg coffee”) here in 1946, when the French War caused a milk shortage and he was looking for a substitute.
Nguyen Van Giang featured his invention cà phê trứng (“egg coffee”) here shortly after inventing it at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in 1946. His son still serves it here, though it moved twice.
Sam Panopoulos invented the Hawaiian Pizza here in 1962, naming the pizza after the brand of canned pineapples he used.
David Leong invented Springfield-style Cashew Chicken, aka Cashew Chicken, here in 1963.
Mariano Martinez invented the Frozen Margarita here in 1971 as a solution to the problem of inconsistency in the preparation of margaritas among his bartenders.
Takase Shinichi is reputed to have invented Kawara Soba (Soba noodles served on a hot Kawara tile) here, inspired by the story of soldiers using tiles to cook during the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877.
