It was Friday night on the revolving 48th floor of the Marriott Marquis, and an elevator had just vomited a handful of tourists onto the solid core of the restaurant there—a minor miracle given how difficult it is for even the directionally adept to navigate the hotel’s devious elevator system.
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Location: Last August, just before the world crumbled, you said you catered to a clientele that ‘wanted a more sophisticated experience than dribbling beer on their running shoes.' Has the recession changed your outlook at all? Do you aim for less snobbery?
Mr. Grossich: Well, it’s not so much snobbery. Read More
Dale DeGroff earned the nickname "King of Cocktails" mixing fancy drinks at the illustrious Rainbow Room during its heyday back in the 1980s. "It was an amazing place,” Mr. DeGroff said. "We had a great, great bar. We also had a wonderful cabaret—Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett."
He's excited to see that history restored: "I Read More
The recent misfortunes of the Cipriani family—losing the lease on the Rainbow Room, a major drop in business and the tax liens filed against Giuseppe Cipriani, among other problems—can at least in part be attributed to a general malaise in the New York party scene these days, according to Bloomberg News.
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On Friday, the ever-embattled Cipriani family, which has operated the hallowed 64th- and 65th-floor banquet hall at 30 Rockefeller Plaza for the past decade, was served with eviction papers, citing millions of dollars in unpaid rent.
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In December, The Observer's Eliot Brown wrote about Cipriani's push to have the Rainbow Room in 30 Rock landmarked. The logic was that a landmark designation would strengthen Cipriani's negotiating position when it came to renewing its lease in 2013 with landlord Tishman Speyer. A landmark designation would limit Tishman's options for possible new Read More
Ultimately, the decision rests entirely with the city’s Read More
The first letter to Mr. Tierney, chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, came in September from Peter Ward, president of the New Read More
