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 | St
Regis (New York) Two East 55th Street at Fifth Avenue New York NY 10022 USA |
| Description |
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| AAA Five Diamond and Mobil Five Stars for both hotel
and fine dining-restaurant "Lespinasse". Centrally located on 55th street and
Fifth Avenue, 35 multi-lingual male and female butlers provide 24 hour service;
value-added amenities and services included with every guest's stay. |  |
| History | |
| Beaux-Arts style with a warm inviting ambiance to welcome visitors
from all over the world. European feel. Designed by Trowbridge and Livingston,
$55 million dollars was originally spent in the hotel's creation in 1904 to construct
a hotel with marble floors, crystal chandeliers and to furnish it with antique
tapestries, oriental rugs, antique Louis XV furniture and a library of 3,000 leather-bound
gold tooled classic and current books. Site of the hotel was a residential neighborhood.
The St. Regis was the tallest building in the area when John Jacob Astor IV broke
ground. It has been the center for New York's civic, business, and social life
for most of the 20th century. Headquarters of the original "400", the elite social
group designated by Colonel Astor's mother. The St. Regis was where a bartender
introduced a cocktail called "The Red Snapper" soon renamed the Bloody Mary, at
the King Cole Bar. |  |
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| Guest Rooms | |
| The St. Regis offers its guests the comfort and luxury expected in one
of the world's greatest hotels. It has 315 spacious guest rooms including 93 suites.
All rooms offer bathrooms with hair-dryer and many other fine appointments. Most
guest rooms have separate shower and bath. Twelve floors are dedicated to non-smoking
rooms. |  |
| Gastronomy | |
| Lespinasse, the beautifully appointed and highly acclaimed signature
restaurant of The St. Regis, is a fitting showplace for Chef Christian Delouvrier's
distinctive cooking style "cuisine de terre" or cuisine of the earth, a regional
south western France style of cooking. Lespinasse represents old world comfort
at its most luxurious. Awarded four stars by the New York Times and bestows AAA's
five Diamond Award and Mobil's five Star Award Astor Court For afternoon tea, the Astor Court lounge is a picture of perfection. This fashionable meeting place provides drinks, light snacks and decadent desserts, all served under exquisite raised ceilings adorned with trompe l'oeil clouds and otherworldly murals. When the harpist entertains, it's just this side of heaven. Maxfield Parish's beloved and famed mural is the focal point of this whimsical, yet sophisticated lounge. Warm cherrywood and nineteenth century French tub chairs create the perfect setting for a cool drink. Try the Red Snapper Cocktail, which originated here but later became the Bloody Mary. |  |
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