Papaya King

Hot dog restaurant · Upper East Side

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Nicholas Gray, Founder of NYC Hot Dog Institution Gray’s Papaya, Dies at 86 - Eater NY

"Born in Chile, Gray worked as a discontented stockbroker on Wall Street. He quit his job to open his first restaurant, a franchised location of Papaya King on the Upper West Side, in 1973. (It’s since closed.)" - Luke Fortney

https://ny.eater.com/2023/5/25/23737275/nicholas-gray-grays-papaya-founder-dies-86-obituary

206B East 86th St, New York, NY 10028 Get directions

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