Although Sparks has been one of Manhattan’s most highly rated steakhouse for decades, it gained maximum name recognition on Dec. 16, 1985, when mob boss Paul Castellano and an associate were ...

Columbus Circle, Manhattan The skyline around Columbus ... before he was murdered outside Sparks Steak House in 1985. Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, the hit man who helped the feds put ...

Last week, a Manhattan federal prosecutor cited the Sparks Steak House slayings in an effort to get some extra-heavy prison time for Salvatore “Fat Sally” Scala, an ailing Gambino capo who has never ...

Now it’s a fancy shoe store. 210 East 46th St. Gambino Paul Castellano and bodyguard Thomas Bilotti were gunned down here, at the entrance to Sparks Steak House, in 1985.

The rating scale of 0 to 100 reflects our editors’ appraisals of all the tangible and intangible factors that make a restaurant or bar great — or terrible — regardless of price. There are a ...

What a way to celebrate “National Steakhouse Month,” with the demise of the Manhattan eatery that ... also includes Peter Luger, Keens, Sparks, Strip House, Bull & Bear and Gallagher’s.

On Dec. 16, 1985, mobster Paul Castellano was assassinated, along with his bodyguard Thomas Bilotti, outside of Sparks Steak House in New York City. Take a look back at his life of crime.