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I thought what we had to do was get back to Joe Baum’s original vision, and to spotlight American cooking, ingredients that were grown and raised and caught here.Ĭellar In The Sky, ca. He describes his approach in a 2010 interview, When I got there, “global cuisine” was the phrase they used: the menu had a dish from Holland, Hong Kong, South Africa… It didn’t have a personality. New hire Michael Lomonaco, hot off the 21 Club, whipped the menu into shape. After a bunch of bad reviews they decided bring the buffet, a la carte service, and bar menu - previously entirely separate services - under the control of one chef. As I wrote before, The fare seems suspiciously eclectic to today’s eyes: sushi, “Indonesian pork saté,” Leverpostej (Scandanavian pork liver paté), guacamole and “James Beard’s chicken hash” on the same menu.Īnd that was the 1976 menu! In 1996 they were still focusing on “world cuisine” (I guess the rather literally-minded justification being that the “Windows” were “On” said “World”). Their redesign reconfigured the space so that the main restaurant room straddled both floors, and gave every seat a plum view. Baum prevailed, and brought back his whole original ’76 team. The finalists for the bid were prominent New York restaurant impresarios: Allan Wollensky, of Smith and Wollensky Warner LeRoy, who ran Tavern on the Green David Bouley and once again Joe Baum, who was, at the time, operating the Rainbow Room (also a Milton Glaser production).
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Not a scene that happens much anymore.Īfter the 1993 bombing, the Port Authority undertook repairs on the 106th and 107th floors, which had suffered severe structural problems, and at the same time began soliciting bids for the new operators of Windows On The World. It had, up to that point, changed hands a few times: Baum’s group handed it over to Hilton, during which time the quality apparently suffered Hilton in turn sloughed it off to the UK hotel chain Ladbroke, in whose stewardship it declined even more. The first terrorist attack on the WTC - the bombing on 26 February 1993, which fell short of the perpetrators’ intentions, but still damaged the structure of the building - led to the iconic Windows restaurant laying dormant for three years. The story of the restaurant, it turns out, is amazingly consonant with that of the building.
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But I noticed in the archive we have examples from this project (grouped together for reasons of provenance) that come from two distinct phases: the founding of the restaurant in 1976 and a re-design in the mid-90s (though there are indications Glaser worked on everything in the room, bottom to top).
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It was apparently the first such mall in America (which probably means anywhere).Īll the way on the other end of the tower, the ultra-luxe Windows On The World restaurant - which, along with every other food-purveyor in the complex, was headed up by restaurateur Joe Baum - hired James Beard (Baum’s old pal, who likely had many a free drink at Baum’s Four Seasons bar) to be the food consultant.Īccounts of the project usually detail how Beard and Baum and Glaser and several other top-level consultants collaborated on Windows On The World when the WTC was implementing its food services in 1976.
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For example, the Big Kitchen food mall in the WTC’s concourse was organized by one of the early popularizers of French food in America, Jacques Pépin (who is a personal favorite TV chef).
The observation level also contains exhibits about Baltimore and its economic renaissance.Well since the last post on the dining options at the World Trade Center, I’ve kept running across additional leads that I wished I’d known about to include in that listing. Its a great place to get a sense of the city. That's because the 27th-floor observation deck - "Top of the World" - offers panoramic views of Baltimore's Inner Harbor and Downtown Baltimore. Official Website for "Top of the World" Observation Level: īaltimore's World Trade Center is a must-see for anyone visiting Charm City. You can see the entire Baltimore Inner Harbor "at your feet" below, historic Federal Hill Park to the south and the World Port of Baltimore's "outer harbor" to the southeast. The Baltimore World Trade Center Observation Level offers a view of Baltimore City through floor-to-ceiling windows on the 27th floor. Top of the World Observation Level at the top of Downtown Baltimore's World Trade Center
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