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Rusty Staub's on
5th Restaurant Dinner
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1989 (S2)
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MANUFACTURER
- Sterling China
Wellsville, Ohio
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SIZE
- 11"
diameter
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PRICE GUIDE -
$50.00 - $75.00
Excellent - Near Mint condition
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
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Rusty Staub and partner Jerry Jacobs
opened "Rusty's" restaurant at Third
Avenue and 73rd Street in 1977. Ribs
were Rusty's specialty and starting in
1978, Staub held an annual celebrity
rib eating contest. In 1980 14-year
old, 98 pound actress Brooke Shields
beat out the 200 pound boxer Marvis
Fraiser. Marvis ate 28 ribs and
finished third. Brooke ate 28 ribs in
three minutes to win it. In 1982, NY
Jets Marty Lyons and NY
Giants Dick Enderle both ate 34
ribs, in 3 minutes for a tie. The 34
consumed by each was a record. The
previous record of 32 was set by former
NY Knicks basketball star Willis reed.
In September of 1988 "Rusty Staub's on 5th" opened on 5th Avenue, and 47th
Street. This restaurant was more
upscale than his "Rib joint" on the
upper East Side. The wood-paneled,
ceramic-tiled bar on the ground floor
of an office tower, pulled in the
corporate crowd. Down the stairs, past
a collection of color photographs of
Rusty Staub Appreciation Day at Shea
Stadium, was the dinning room with it's
cream colored walls and framed wine
posters. The rooms had hunter-green
carpeting and tablecloths, the same
color as used on the dinner plates.
The face of the plate featured the "Rusty Staub's on 5th" restaurant logo
with a line-drawing of Rusty batting in
the center, with a matching
hunter-green, gold plate rim. The
bottom of the plate has a Lamberton
Sterling Made In U.S.A. makers mark and
a "S2" Sterling date code. (April-June
1989) The first restaurant Rusty's on
the Upper East Side closed in 1991, and
Rusty Staubs’ On 5th, sometime in the
late 1990s.
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Rusty Staub's on 5th
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