NEW YORK—The Rainbow Room, an iconic landmark on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza is reopening as a restaurant and event space in fall 2014.
The Rainbow Room originally opened as a supper club in 1934 after the repeal of Prohibition. Over the years, legendary performers including Louis Armstrong and Tony Bennett have entertained there. The venue also served as a setting for Woody Allen’s “The Curse of the Jade Scorpion.”
“The Rainbow Room space has occupied the collective imagination and memories of generations of Americans and New Yorkers,” said Keith Douglas, managing director, Rockefeller Center. “We are pleased to reopen it, and…preserve the elegance for which it is so well known.”
The Rainbow Room closed in 2009 in a landlord-tenant dispute. In 2012, it was declared a New York City landmark. Gabellini Sheppard Architects will design the Rainbow Room’s public spaces.
The outdoor terrace will be open to public five days a week; cocktails and light fare will be served.
The restaurant will serve Sunday brunch and dinner at least one night a week.
Blau + Associates is overseeing the reopening process.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
