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Landmark Restaurants

Landmark Restaurants

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Created by Landmarks Preservation Commission • Updated On: July 16, 2014

Restaurants and City landmarks make happy pairs. Try oysters with Guastavino vaults; steak with terra-cotta tiles; ahi burgers with walnut paneling; or warm scones with veined marble pilasters.

Wolfgang's Steakhouse is one of Landmark Restaurants.

1. Wolfgang's Steakhouse

8.7
4 Park Ave (at E 33rd St), New York, NY
Steakhouse · NoMad · 144 tips and reviews

Landmarks Preservation CommissionLandmarks Preservation Commission: Designed by Warren & Wetmore and completed in 1913, the former Della Robbia Bar interior features Guastavino vaults and terra cotta from the Rookwood Pottery Company. Landmarked 1994. Read more.

The Four Seasons Restaurant is one of Landmark Restaurants.

2. The Four Seasons Restaurant

99 E 52nd St (btwn Lexington & Park Ave), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Midtown East · 76 tips and reviews

Landmarks Preservation CommissionLandmarks Preservation Commission: Completed in 1959 (landmarked 1989) and designed by Philip Johnson, this is one of the finest International Style interiors in the US. It’s located inside the Seagram building, another City landmark. Read more.

The Palm Court at The Plaza is one of Landmark Restaurants.

3. The Palm Court at The Plaza

Central Park South (in The Plaza Hotel), New York, NY
Tea Room · Midtown East · 21 tips and reviews

Landmarks Preservation CommissionLandmarks Preservation Commission: Designed in the neo-Classical Revival style by architect Henry Hardenbergh with interior decoration by E. Spencer Hall & Co., this has been the hotel's tea room since 1907. Landmarked 2005. Read more.

Grand Central Oyster Bar is one of Landmark Restaurants.

4. Grand Central Oyster Bar

7.6
89 E 42nd St (Grand Central Terminal), New York, NY
Seafood Restaurant · Midtown East · 404 tips and reviews

Landmarks Preservation CommissionLandmarks Preservation Commission: Opened in 1913 in Grand Central Terminal’s lower concourse level, the restaurant features a particularly impressive series of thin shallow terra-cotta vaults, or Guastavino vaults. Landmarked in 1980. Read more.

Fraunces Tavern is one of Landmark Restaurants.

5. Fraunces Tavern

8.8
54 Pearl St (at Broad St), New York, NY
Whisky Bar · Financial District · 195 tips and reviews

Landmarks Preservation CommissionLandmarks Preservation Commission: Opened as the Queen’s Head Tavern by Samuel Fraunces, it was the site of Washington’s farewell to his officers in 1783. It's one of the few notable 18th c. buildings in Manhattan. Landmarked 1965. Read more.