PETE’S TAVERN
Bar — New York, New York
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/petes-tavern-new-york-new-york/

The 1864 Gramercy bar where O. Henry wrote "The Gift of the Magi."

Pete’s Tavern is a bar in New York, New York. The 1864 Gramercy bar where O. Henry wrote "The Gift of the Magi.". The archive files it under haunted places and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. It still pours. The dossier keeps the place and the story in the same record — which is what the archive is for.

Pete's is the oldest — the 'continuous' that's the bar's claim, the '1864' that's the open's year. The 'booth second' is the wrote — the 'Magi' that's the story's name, the 'O. Henry' that's the writer's mark. The 'flowers sold' is the hid — the 'front' that's the Prohibition's mask, the 'Tammany near' that's the protection's source.
The 'rosewood' is the kept — the '1864 bar' that's the fixture's age, the 'tin ceiling' that's the roof's dress. The 'story doubted' is the qualified — the 'apocryphal' that's the scholars' word, the 'Lost Blend' that's the proved mention. Pete's is the stayed — the 'names changed' that's the owners' run, the 'bar same' that's the room's keep.
The file keeps Pete's: the oldest run, the second booth, the flower mask, and the stayed bar.
Pete's Tavern is the archive's New York file — the bar that outlived its names.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Pete's Tavern is the archive's New York file — where a Christmas story may have been written.
A booth keeps its writer — the file's suggestion being that Pete's hold is the sat: the 'Magi written' that's the claim's mark, the 'flowers fronted' that's the law's dodge, and the 'bar original' that's the '64's keep.

FILED CLAIMS — 1 on record, reported not verified
· [Local folklore] apparition: Reported a presence at the bar. The bar's reports are the kind old establishments accumulate — footsteps after close, presences in empty rooms. It circulates as local folklore — the kind communities keep rather than verify. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.
  source: Pete’s Tavern (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete%27s_Tavern)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· [1864] Established 1864; the O. Henry link is documented tradition. The bar's documented history in New York, New York is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'Pete’s Tavern'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Pete’s Tavern — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete%27s_Tavern

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