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"I learned that John’s Grill was underway when the 1906 earthquake hit and was the first restaurant to debut downtown in the recovery two years later; today it still thrives in Union Square despite sitting in the middle of the pedestrian-unfriendly Central Subway construction. Its original wood walls are lined with portraits of past and present celebrity diners, it earned a hot Zagat review last fall, and that historic, well-trafficked atmosphere draws a never-ending revolving door of locals and tourists, totaling around 500 patrons a night." - Eater Staff