Resorts Casino Hotel will host a new restaurant by the Dougherty family, owners of Dock's Oyster House and the Knife & Fork Inn.
ATLANTIC CITY — The owners of the Knife & Fork Inn and Dock’s Oyster House are scheduled to open a new restaurant at Resorts Casino Hotel.
Dougherty’s Steakhouse and Raw Bar is expected to open in the spring.
“A new year calls for a new dining concept: Dougherty’s Steakhouse and Raw Bar,” according to post on the casino’s Facebook page. “We’re thrilled to partner with the Dougherty family, owners and operators of Atlantic City’s legendary Dock’s Oyster House and The Knife & Fork Inn, to provide our guests with new, mouthwatering dishes.”
According to a previous news release, the restaurant will feature a classic steakhouse, raw bar and live entertainment.
The Doughertys have been a staple in Atlantic City’s restaurant industry for more than 100 years.
ATLANTIC CITY — Two of the city’s most iconic restaurants are partnering with the city’s fir…
The Knife & Fork opened as a men’s club in 1912 and was a speakeasy during Prohibition.
In 1927, it became a restaurant after the building was purchased by the Latz family, who managed the Knife & Fork for decades until finalizing a deal in 2005 to sell it to Dougherty.
The new restaurant will be in the location previously occupied by Gallagher’s Steak House and Gallagher’s Burger Bar, which closed Jan. 1.
GALLERY: Take a look back at the opening of Resorts Casino Hotel
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Before setting a record for the most hours on television, talk show host Regis Philbin clocked some time before the cameras at Resorts, interviewing singer Bobby Vinton in July 1983.
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A banner for Resorts International Hotel Casino features its star logo in this undated photo.
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Emelina Stotts performs "Heatwave" at Resorts International in this undated photo.
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Animal trainer Dave McMillan, far right, waves from a Resorts float on the Boardwalk May 24, 1981.
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Merv Griffin strikes up the band during his annual New Year's show at Resorts on Jan. 1, 1992.
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Costumed dancers brought the glitz to Resorts' stage.
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Resorts was a backdrop for several films in the 1970s and '80s, including "Atlantic City," "The Color of Money" and, on July 16, 1986, "The Pick-Up Artist," a Warren Beatty-produced film featuring Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey Jr. (long before he was Iron Man).
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Magician Dorothy Dietrich, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, holds a bullet she allegedly caught in her mouth in May 1988 at Resorts.
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A patriotic Resorts float is featured in the pageant parade in September 1980.
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You could get 12 hours of free parking, with casino validation, at Resorts, in October 1984.
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James Crosby, right of center, founder and chairman of Resorts, takes a break at a hearing Jan. 12. 1979.
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When Resorts opened for 24-hour gambling July 4, 1991, and added a new table game, Red Dog, then-Mayor Jim Whelan, right, and Fred Scerni were there to play the first hand.
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Tibor Rudas, the man responsible for bringing Luciano Pavarotti and other big-name acts to Resorts, instructs dancers at the casino in May 1978. Rudas died in 2014. Click here to read his obituary.
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Dancers in bikinis perform at Resorts about the time of its opening in May 1978.
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Resorts' then-owner Merv Griffin and companion Eva Gabor ride on the Boardwalk outside the casino in September 1989. Griffin encouraged Atlantic City visitors to "Bet on Merv" in advertisements for Resorts.
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Singer Stevie Wonder places his hands in cement on Sept. 26, 1983, for Resorts’ Walk of Fame, a series of celebrity handprints and signatures that lined the Boardwalk entrance to the casino for more than 30 years. Ashner, center, was president and chief operating officer of Resorts International Casino & Hotel in Atlantic City from 1979 until his retirement in 1987.
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Resorts' Boardwalk tram is parked outside the casino in April 1989.
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A billboard for Resorts entices Boardwalk crowds to try the $4.99 Beverly Hills Buffet in October 1991.
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Frisbees with dollar amounts are organized at Resorts in preparation for a new Merv Griffin-produced game show in February 1991.
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Resorts offered many enticements as other casinos came onto the Atlantic City scene, including free concerts, the first of which is pictured in July 1984.
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Rodney Dangerfield's star awaits installation in Resorts' Walk of Fame on Nov. 14, 1986.
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Luciano Pavarotti’s performances in Atlantic City were huge in the 1980s and ‘90s. The tenor, center, poses for a photo in October 1983.
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Resorts boasts more than $5 billion in jackpots paid on a billboard seen in this beach view from the former Ocean One Mall in July 1986.
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George Whittington paints the letters on Rodney Dangerfield's star outside Resorts on Nov. 14, 1986.
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Before the Boardwalk trams of today, Resorts had its own tram operation, for which Barbara Long collects fares in August 1989.
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In the early years of Resorts, you dressed up and stood up for a night of playing slots. You also pulled a handle and collected coins. Shoulder pains and dirty fingers were the norm.
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Tibor Rudas, center, supervises preparations under the big top before Luciano Pavarotti's performance in October 1983.
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Dancers listen to instructions at Resorts.
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Resorts' stage crew installs scaffolding on the beach at North Carolina Avenue on May 26, 1983, for a fireworks presentation.
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A 1978 photo shows an Army paratrooper coming in for a landing outside Resorts, which opened May 26, 1978.
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As Resorts was raking in the dough in the early years, it spared no expense on this Sept. 9, 1981 float, which featured dancers, a bodybuilder and a full orchestra.
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George Whittington, of Atlantic City, puts the sparkle in the stars at Resorts' Boardwalk entrance on Nov. 14, 1986.
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Angelo Connors and Arlene Lenahan rehearse with the High Steppers at Resorts in May 1978.
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When Merv Griffin owned Resorts, he would sometimes perform at the casino, as he does here, joined on stage by Eva Gabor, on June 27, 1990.
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'Mr. Warmth' Don Rickles, pictured at Resorts May 26, 1989, was a regular performer in the casino's Superstar Theater.
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Merv Griffin, center, and Eva Gabor admire the work of Resorts artist Leroy Neiman in May 1990.
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A lion is featured on animal trainer Dave McMillan's float for Resorts during a Memorial Day parade May 24, 1981.
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More than 6,000 people eagerly await tenor Luciano Pavarotti's performance under a circus tent, set up next to Resorts in the location currently occupied by the shuttered Taj Mahal's parking garage, in October 1983.
— Nicholas Huba
Nicholas Huba
Sports Editor
Started working in newsrooms when I was 17 years old. Spent 15 years working for Gannett New Jersey before coming to The Press of Atlantic City in April 2015.
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