21 Club
Restaurant in Manhattan, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 21 Club, often simply 21, was a traditional American cuisine restaurant and former prohibition-era speakeasy, located at 21 West 52nd Street in New York City.[1] Prior to its closure in 2020, the club had been active for 90 years, and it had hosted almost every US president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It had a hidden wine cellar where it stored the collections of celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren.[2]
21 Club | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1922; 102 years ago (1922) |
Closed | December 11, 2020 (2020-12-11) |
Owner(s) | Belmond Ltd. (since 1995) Marshall S. Cogan and Stephen Swid (1985–1995) Jack Kreindler and Charlie Berns and families (1922–1985) |
Head chef | Sylvain Delpique |
Dress code | Jacket required, jeans not permitted |
Street address | 21 West 52nd Street |
City | New York City |
State | New York |
Postal/ZIP Code | 10019 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 40°45′37.8″N 73°58′38.6″W |
Reservations | Recommended |
Website | www.21club.com/ |
After being shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, the establishment announced in December 2020 that it would not reopen "in its current form for the foreseeable future" and was considering how to keep the restaurant a viable operation in the long term.