21 Club

21 Club
21 West 52nd Street in 2018
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Restaurant information
Established1922; 102 years ago (1922)
ClosedDecember 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 chefSylvain Delpique
Dress codeJacket required, jeans not permitted
Street address21 West 52nd Street
CityNew York City
StateNew York
Postal/ZIP Code10019
CountryUnited States
Coordinates40°45′37.8″N 73°58′38.6″W / 40.760500°N 73.977389°W / 40.760500; -73.977389
ReservationsRecommended
Websitewww.21club.com/

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] One of its signatures were 37 statues of racing jockeys donated by patrons, the uniforms of many painted to match the winning jockeys of horses they owned.[3]

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.

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