| 21 Club | |
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 21 West 52nd Street in 2018 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1922 |
| Closed | December 11, 2020 |
| Owner(s) | Belmond Ltd. (since 1995) Marshall S. Cogan and Stephen Swid (1985–1995) Jack Kreindler and Charlie Berns and families (1922–1985) |
| Head chef | Sylvain Delpique |
| Dress code | Jacket required, jeans not permitted |
| Street address | 21 West 52nd Street |
| City | New York City |
| State | New York |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 10019 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′37.8″N 73°58′38.6″W / 40.760500°N 73.977389°W |
| Reservations | Recommended |
| Website | www.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.