21 Club, NYC
- Address: 21 W 52th St
- Vicinity: Btw 5th Ave and 6th Ave
- Neighborhood of Midtown Center in Manhattan NYC
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1930/01/01 | Founders Jack and Charlie unhinged the gate from the doorway of their restaurant, Puncheon Grotto, at 42 W 49th Street and install it three blocks north at 21 W 52nd Street. '21' is officially opened. | |||||
| 1935/00/00 | In the early 1930s, entrepreneur, Jay van Urk, gives the '21' a small statue of a jockey. | |||||
| 1950/00/00 | In the late 1940s or early 1950s, The 21 Club begins serving gourmet burgers at the exorbitant price of $2.75, compared with McDonald's price of 15 cents. | Hamburger | Birth of American Fast Food | |||
| 2020/11/00 | With indoor dining prohibited at all New York City restaurants due to the COVID-19 pandemic March 2020, management announce that the 21 Club is permanently closed. | |||||
| 2020/12/00 | The 21 Club's collection of 37 ornamental jockeys, donated by some of the best-known stables in American thoroughbred racing, are removed from the exterior staircase and balcony. |
| Particulars for 21 Club, NYC: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Owner | Private |
| Social | Prohibition |
| Architectural Style | Renaissance Revival |
| Historic Use | Restaurant |
| Historic use | Speakeasy |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast at Tiffany's (book) | Mezzobula | Truman Capote | Once a visiting relative took me to "21", and there, at a superior table, surrounded by four men ... was Miss Golightly, idly publicly combing her hair. |
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