Rainbow Room
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The Rainbow Room
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| Established | 1934 |
| Head chef | James Botsacos |
| Food type | Classic and contemporary American |
| Street address | 30 Rockefeller Plaza |
| City | New York City |
| State | New York |
| Postal/ZIP code | 10112 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′32″N 73°58′44″W / 40.759°N 73.979°WCoordinates: 40°45′32″N 73°58′44″W / 40.759°N 73.979°W |
| Website | RainbowRoom |
The Rainbow Room is a fine-dining restaurant and event space previously run by the Cipriani family on the 65th floor of the Comcast Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. It is the second highest restaurant in New York City behind ONE Dine on the 101st floor of One World Trade Center.
Opened in 1934, it was the first restaurant to be located in a high-rise building and remained the highest elevated restaurant in the United States for decades. Suffering from a decline in business following the financial crisis of 2007–08, the restaurant closed in 2009. In 2012, it was declared a New York City landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission. On September 17, 2013, it was announced that the Rainbow Room would reopen in fall 2014 after undergoing a full restoration along with a new executive chef and management team. After a years-long restoration process by Gabellini Sheppard Associates, it reopened to the public on October 5, 2014,with new owner-operator Tishman Speyer. The renovation includes the landmarked dance floor and a new cocktail lounge called SixtyFive.
The Rainbow Room was originally designed by architect Wallace K. Harrison of Associated Architects and interior designer Elena Bachman-Schmidt in 1934. Supposedly inspired by French architect Jacques Carlu Round Room, the Rainbow Room draws its inspiration from the Round Room in the Carlu, his design for a restaurant in Toronto. Designed in a simplified classical style, The Rainbow Room featured a revolving dance floor, a live big band orchestra, and a view of the New York City skyline. Private events were hosted in several banquet rooms on the floor below. Culinarily, the Rainbow Room has focused on Modern American cuisine.
On the same floor of the Comcast building was The Rainbow Grill, a separate, somewhat less expensive restaurant that had an à la carte menu and its own celebrations on major holidays.
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