Oak Room Restaurant New York City

The oak room was a bar and later a restaurant in the plaza hotel in new york city.
Oak room restaurant new york city. Oak room entrance on 59th street. Eric hara is executive chef of the plaza oak room where he reinvents classic american cuisine for this legendary restaurant. In 1907 the plaza hotel was built for 12 5 million an astronomical price tag at the time. 1 oak born of the namesake catch phrase 1 of a kind has endured continuous waves of competition and outlasted the rise and fall of countless nightlife trends.
See restaurant menus reviews hours photos maps and directions. Designed by plaza hotel architect. The oak bar serves as an informal gathering place for new york s luminaries for lunch or dinner serving distinctive cocktails with the classic view of central park south from its windows. View the menu for the oak room at the plaza hotel and restaurants in new york ny.
Brunch lunch and dinner are all served at the highly regarded oak room nyc. Scott fitzgerald drunkenly cavorting in the fountain the beloved eloise at the plaza series of books truman capote s black and white ball. It was distinct from the adjoining oak bar. The bar was open from 1907 until its closing in 2011.
Like the plaza hotel the oak room new york is a nyc historical landmark that caters to the who s who of new york city. The oak room a new york landmark and iconic meeting spot within the plaza hotel is re introducing elegance to manhattan by providing an ideal option for the uptown crowd that wants to see and be seen. A long running cabaret institution in midtown manhattan the oak room supper club at the algonquin new york combines fine dining american fare with world class entertainment voted the best cabaret room in new york the oak room was established in the early 20th century and revived in the 1980 s where it jump started the careers of famous musicians like steve ross harry.