Very few of us may realize this, but the popular salad dressing was created at the venerable downtown hotel.
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It's creamy, fresh and lip-smackingly delicious.
The dressing was the creation of chef Phillip Roemer at the Palace in 1923.
He was cooking a banquet to honor George Arliss, the starring actor in the hit play "The Green Goddess" - thus the name.
At Wednesday's birthday bash, some of his descendants stopped by to honor the man who started it all.
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"The original one used a lot of mayonnaise and anchovies - the ones now in the store are pretty different than back then because the anchovies would have turned a lot of people off," grandson Gregory Roemer said.
Here are some folks you may recognize - Kumasi Aaron and Jobina Fortson from ABC7 Mornings.
They took part in a two-course lunch with its signature crab salad lathered in the creamy goodness of Greed Goddess.
There was also an emerald-colored birthday cake to add to festivities.
Mayor London Breed also declared the day "Green Goddess Day" in the city through a proclamation.