May 23, 2010
Tavern on the Green to open as visitor center, snack bar
Just like the Rainbow Room, the Tavern on the Green remains very, very closed.
 The new operator tapped to run Tavern, which sits on city property in Central Park, was unable to reach an agreement with the labor unions for the site. The city has begun a search for a new operator, but plans to remove the chains from the front door in the interim, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced late Thursday.
“We’ll solicit new proposals with labor obligations from anyone that wants to re-open it as a restaurant. During that period, which will last several months, we’ll use the venue as a visitor center and snack bar, similar to the successful Central Park Dairy, and also a retail shop,” Bloomberg said in his statement. “The City will put in the resources to stabilize the building and make it suitable for those uses. Then, based on the proposals and the success of the venue as a visitor center and store, we’ll decide whether or not to turn all or part of it back into a restaurant.”
On Friday, chains still hung on the front door of the iconic restaurant and birds were nesting in its outdoor lights.
As for the Rainbow Room located near the top of the Empire State Building, a spokesperson for the skyscraper’s owner on Friday told NewYorkology there is not yet any word on when a new operator might reopen a restaurant there.
Picture credits: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
Earlier:
Big changes at Rainbow Room, Tavern on Green, Tropic
Rainbow Grill to go bar-only on Rock Center’s 65th floor
May 23, 2010 7:23 PM in Architecture, Cheap Stuff, Foodology, Midtown, Upper West Side
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