Peter McManus Cafe

Coordinates: 40°44′31″N 73°59′51″W / 40.741838°N 73.997547°W / 40.741838; -73.997547

The Peter McManus Café is among the oldest family-owned and operated bars in New York City. It opened in 1936 and is located at 152 Seventh Avenue on the corner of West 19th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The bar has been Zagat-rated and written about in numerous articles, and appeared in the book The Hundred Best Bars in NYC with a high rating. The bar has also received several awards. The current proprietor is James Justin McManus.

In popular culture

McManus' has been featured in a number of films and television programs, including Highlander, Radio Days, Keeping the Faith, Seinfeld, Law & Order and Saturday Night Live. It was also featured in a portion of the 2010 film The Other Guys.

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Peter McManus

Peter McManus VC (March 1829 – 27 April 1859) was born in Tynan, County Armagh, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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McManus was approximately 28 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment of Foot (later The Northumberland Fusiliers), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 26 September 1857 at Lucknow, India for which he and Private John Ryan was awarded the VC:

took Captain Arnold, of the 1st Madras Fusiliers, out of a dooly, and brought him into the house in spite of a heavy fire, in which Captain Arnold was again wounded.

(Extract from Divisional Orders of Major-General Sir James Outrun, G.C.B., dated 14 October 1857.)

He later achieved the rank of sergeant. He died from smallpox in Allahabad, British India, on 27 April 1859.

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