Barry Wine

Barry Wine is a former restaurateur and current restaurant consultant. Wine's restaurant The Quilted Giraffe, founded with then-wife Susan, was one of the most lauded eateries in the United States for its time. The Quilted Giraffe was first opened in New Paltz, New York, in 1975[1] and moved to 50th Street in Manhattan, New York City, in 1979. The Quilted Giraffe reopened in 550 Madison Avenue (then the AT&T building) at 55th Street and Madison Avenue in 1987.[2] The restaurant was closed at the end of 1992 when Sony purchased the building and bought out the Wines' lease.[3]

Wine married Elizabeth Wadsworth in 2000.[4] In the second stage of his restaurant career Wine became a consultant. He was hired in 2006 by Tishman Speyer, which managed Rockefeller Center, to handle the transition of the Rainbow Room restaurant at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, which had been previously run by the Cipriani firm.[5] Wine's son is Thatcher Wine, a book curator.[6]

  1. ^ "Culinary Inspiration in New Paltz". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  2. ^ Fabricant, Florence (1987-06-07). "The Quilted Giraffe to Move and Reopen in Its Cafe Space". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  3. ^ Fabricant, Florence (1992-12-30). "The Quilted Giraffe Joins the Dinosaurs". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  4. ^ "Weddings; Elizabeth Wadsworth, Barry Wine". The New York Times. 2000-09-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  5. ^ "Tishman Speyer Taps Barry Wine for Rainbow Room Restoration". The New York Observer. 2009-03-12. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  6. ^ "Thatcher Wine designs libraries with a big dose of book smarts". Los Angeles Times. 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-12.