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{{short description|Dish consisting of roast beef and gravy}}
{{Infobox prepared food
| name = Beef Manhattan
| image = Beef Manhattan.jpg
| image_alt = An open face sandwich of roast beef and gravy
| caption =
| alternate_name =
| country = [[United States]]
| region = [[Midwest]], [[Southern United States|South]]
| creator =
| course = Main course
| type =
| served = Hot
| main_ingredient = [[Beef]]
| variations =
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}}
{{Steak}}
'''Beef Manhattan''' is a [[Cuisine of the Midwestern United States|Midwestern American]] dish consisting of [[roast beef]] and [[gravy]].<ref name="Stuttgen 2007 p. 178"/> It is often served with [[mashed potato]]es either on top of the steak or on the side of the plate.<ref name="Stuttgen 2007 p. 178"/> A variation on this dish is Turkey Manhattan, which substitutes [[turkey meat|turkey]] for the roast beef. The dish is named after [[Manhattan]], but it is not known as such there; dishes like it are usually called "[[Open sandwich|open-face sandwiches]]" in [[New York City]].

The dish was first served in a restaurant under the name "Beef Manhattan" in a now-defunct [[Indianapolis]] deli in the late 1940s where it gained traction as a [[Hoosier]] staple. The dish was named by [[Naval Air Warfare Center, Indianapolis|Naval Ordnance Plant, Indianapolis]] (NOPI) workers who were trained on a fabrication of the [[Norden bombsight]] in Manhattan during World War II. They enjoyed the open-faced sandwich they had in Manhattan and brought it back to their cafeteria as the "Beef Manhattan". In [[Indiana]], it is served on bread. The roast beef is sliced and put on the bread like a sandwich, then cut corner to corner and plated in a V shape.<ref name="Stuttgen Ketzenberger 2010 p. 30"/> Mashed potatoes are served between the two halves, and the whole is covered in gravy.<ref name="Stuttgen Ketzenberger 2010 p. 30"/>

==See also==
* [[List of beef dishes]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Stuttgen 2007 p. 178">{{cite book | last=Stuttgen | first=J.R. | title=Cafe Indiana: A Guide to Indiana's Down-Home Cafes | publisher=University of Wisconsin Press | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-299-22493-6 | url=https://archive.org/details/cafeindianaguide0000stut | url-access=registration | language=en | access-date=November 7, 2015 | page=[https://archive.org/details/cafeindianaguide0000stut/page/178 178]}}</ref>
<ref name="Stuttgen Ketzenberger 2010 p. 30">{{cite book | last1=Stuttgen | first1=J.R. | last2=Ketzenberger | first2=J. | title=Cafe Indiana Cookbook | publisher=University of Wisconsin Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-299-24993-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0VtSb8StZn8C&pg=PA30 | language=en | access-date=November 7, 2015 | page=30}}</ref>
}}

{{Beef}}

[[Category:Culture of Indianapolis]]
[[Category:American meat dishes]]

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