Oyster Bar

Oyster Bar
This article is about the restaurant in New York. For the generic term, see oyster bar.
Oyster Bar

Lunchtime at the Oyster Bar
Restaurant information
Slogan The Freshest Seafood in Manhattan
Established 1913
Food type Seafood
Dress code Casual
Street address Grand Central Terminal
City New York City
Country USA
Reservations No
Other locations Tokyo
Website Oyster

The Oyster Bar, officially the Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant, is a restaurant located on the lower level of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. It opened along with the terminal itself in 1913 and has been in business ever since, although it closed briefly for renovations following a 1997 fire.[1] As its name suggests, it specializes in seafood. It has become over the years one of the landmarks of the New York culinary scene, visited by the famous and obscure alike.

Its architecture features the vaulted, Guastavino tileed ceilings common in the era of its construction. The archway in front of the restaurant is also famous for an acoustical quirk making it a whispering gallery by which someone standing in one corner can hear someone standing in the other corner perfectly no matter how softly they speak.

Jerome Brody sold the Oyster Bar to employees in 1999, and died in 2001.[2]

Two Japanese branches have opened in Tokyo. The first, the GCOBR Shinagawa, is located on the 4th floor of Atre Shinagawa in the Shinagawa Station. The second, GCOBR Marunouchi. is located in Marunouchi MY PLAZA near Tokyo Station.

The bar can be seen as the back drop for actors in the current opening introductions for Saturday Night Live.

References

  1. ^ "About Grand Central Oyster Bar and Restaurant". Archived from the original on 2007-10-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20071005215115/http://www.oysterbarny.com/oysterbar/html/index2.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-12. 
  2. ^ Martin, Douglas (2001-05-18). "Jerome Brody, 78, Is Dead; Guided Elegant Restaurants". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/nyregion/jerome-brody-78-is-dead-guided-elegant-restaurants.html. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 

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Coordinates: 40°45′8.4″N 73°58′38″W / 40.752333°N 73.97722°W / 40.752333; -73.97722


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