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Restaurant · New York City, United States
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A seafood restaurant and raw bar on the lower level of Grand Central Terminal, open since 1913, under vaulted Guastavino tilework.
For the room, which is one of the great interiors in New York, and for a raw bar that lists its oysters by bed rather than by colour.
The tiled vaults, a serious oyster list, the pan roast made at the counter, and a lunch that fits neatly around a train.
An unwieldy menu with plenty of filler. Prices above what the setting suggests. Loud and hectic at commuter hours.
Anyone passing through Grand Central, and anyone who wants oysters without a downtown scene attached.
You want a quiet dinner. This is a terminal restaurant and behaves like one.
Sit at the counter, not in the dining room, because the counter is where the vaults and the kettles are. Order oysters and a pan roast and stop there. Go at 2pm to avoid both rushes.
A la carte, with market prices on the raw bar. No reservations at the counter; the dining room takes them.
Inside Grand Central Terminal, lower level. Subway 4, 5, 6, 7 and S to Grand Central-42nd Street.
The lower dining concourse of Grand Central Terminal in Midtown East, directly beneath the main concourse and beside the whispering gallery.
An hour.
Sit at the counter, order oysters and the pan roast, and ignore the rest of the menu. The room is worth it on its own.
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The Grand Central Oyster Bar is at 89 East 42nd Street on the lower level of Grand Central Terminal, and opens Monday to Friday from 11:30am to 9:30pm. It has been there since the terminal opened in 1913, under Rafael Guastavino's tiled vaults, which are the reason to sit at the counter rather than in the dining room. The whispering gallery outside the entrance is the same tilework and is free. The menu is enormous…
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