[8] The Brooklyn location was established in 1887 as "Carl Luger's Café, Billiards and Bowling Alley" in the then-predominantly German neighborhood that would shortly thereafter be in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge.

Sol Forman and Seymour Sloyer, who owned a metal giftware factory across the street,[13] bought it as partners for a "whimsically low" bid.

According to one history, "The neighborhood was declining, filling up with Hasidic Jews, whose kosher rules forbade the eating of Luger's hindquarters.

[19] In November 2023, Peter Luger opened a location at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

[20] The menu at Peter Luger is sparse, with the focal point being a porterhouse steak sized for two to four.