Algonquin Hotel and the Algonquin Round Table

The Algonquin Hotel at 59 West 44th Street was the gathering place in the 1920s for the Algonquin Round Table, a group of writers, critics, and actors including Dorothy Parker and Alexander Woollcott. Their daily lunches and witticisms at the hotel became a well‑documented part of New York's literary and theatrical lore of the era. The Algonquin continues to promote its association with that literary circle as part of its historic identity.