About This Location
One If by Land, Two If by Sea is an elegant West Village restaurant housed in a building from 1767 that served as Aaron Burr's carriage house in the 1790s. Burr, the third Vice President who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, lived here with his daughter Theodosia. New York Magazine has called it both the city's most romantic restaurant and its most haunted.
The Ghost Story
A total of 20 ghosts are believed to haunt this bistro. Aaron Burr himself has an aggressive presence - a maitre d' quit after being shoved up and down the stairs nightly by unseen hands. His daughter Theodosia, who disappeared at sea in 1812, moves quietly through the restaurant, perhaps still searching for her beloved father. Numerous women have had earrings pulled from their ears at the bar, presumably by Theodosia. Other reported phenomena include picture frames tilting by themselves, plates flying across the room, lights flickering, and machines activating on their own. Additional spirits include a Ziegfeld Follies girl and a blacksmith.
