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The Bygone New York Restaurant Marilyn Monroe Loved To Visit By Kristen Pizzo Oct. 20, 2025 10:20 pm EST

Although the pop culture icon, actress, and model Marilyn Monroe grew up and later died in Los Angeles, there was a time in her life when she called NYC home. Monroe moved to the Big Apple in 1954 to study acting with Lee Strasberg and to film some movies. While in the Upper East Side neighborhood, she soon became a regular at local restaurant Gino of Capri. Better known simply as Gino's, this Italian eatery boasted other famous patrons like Frank Sinatra, Jackie Kennedy, Al Pacino, and Truman Capote, just to name a few. It was conveniently located on Lexington Avenue, the very same street where Monroe filmed the iconic subway grate scene in "The Seven Year Itch.

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