History - Gage & Tollner's moved to its present location at 372-74 Fulton Street. The greatest of care was taken in making the interior of the restaurant as elegant and refined as the diners who frequented it. Solid mahogany tables, cut glass chandeliers, mirrored walls with heavy brocade curtains and the mellow glow from the beautiful gas light fixtures that remain to this day, made Gage and Tollner's one of the most delightful sports in the city. It was no wonder that this jewel of "The Gay Nineties" attracted so many famous figures, especially Diamond Jim Brady who was a frequent visitor. Click here for more.
     
 

Wine Spectator, April 2002 - Following the ritual 7 p.m. lighting of the gaslights at this 122-year-old Brooklyn treasure, ask owner Joe Chirico to tell you about the Great New York City Blackout of 1977. This enchanted relic of 19th century Brooklyn was virtually the only place in town that didn't need candles. That's the borough in a nutshell: perpetual second-fiddle to Manhattan across the East River, but Brooklyn always comes through when the going gets tough. Click here for more.

 
     
  Time Out New York 2002, Eating & Drinking Guide - Brooklyn restaurateur Joseph Chirico, purchased G&T and worked with the New York Landmarks Conservancy to refurbish the long mirrored dining room, restoring its red-velvet-brocade walls, vaulted ceiling, mahogany tables and brass gas-lamp chandeliers, as well as its Italianate exterior. Although [Edna] Lewis retired in 1992, current chef Luis Garces continues to serve her she-crab soup and Maryland crab cake recipes, along with contemporary dishes (grilled salmon with asparagus and mustard-dill sauce), classics (seafood mixed grill, T-bone) and a few throwbacks (oysters Diamond Jim Brady, lobster Newburg). Click here for more.
     
  Time Out New York March 28, 2002, - Classic New York - Back when Brooklyn was still an independent city and Rutherford Hayes was grooming his beard in the White House bathroom, Charles Gage and Eugene Tollner joined forces to create Brooklyn's most lavish eatery. Opened in 1880, Gage & Tollner was appointed with mahogany tables, gilded mirrors and polished gaslit chandeliers, and became an immediate hit with the local elite, like Diamond Jim Brady and Mae West. The original owners sold the restaurant in 1911, stipulating that the dining room's interior be preserved, a tradition which has persisted to this day. Click here for more.
     
 

Zagat Survey 2002 - "Step back" into "old NY as it was" at this "venerable", vintage-1879 Brooklyn "tradition" for stellar steaks and seafood, a "staid", "gaslit" "classic" known for its "professional" service; . . . there's plenty of "character" left over from the "horse-and-buggy" days. Click here for more.
     
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