Perched atop Times Square was the rotating restaurant The View. Opened in 1985, the sky-high restaurant inside the Marriott Marquis was one of the few relics of the past, following the 1960s trend of rotating restaurants. Yet, it quickly fell out of New Yorkers’ orbit, becoming a favorite to visitors and kids on field trips. But now that Danny Meyer has gotten a hold of it, he's transformed the bi-level restaurant and bar into a destination where tourists and New Yorkers alike would plan a visit.
Rocketing up to the 48th floor, a night at The View begins with cocktails among the skyscrapers. Cloaked in blue velvet, the cocktail lounge features a series of couches, plush chairs and wooden tables for conversing over. Stay for a spin and you’ll see a 10-seater bar with a massive globe dangling above it, a nook saved for musicians and keyboardists for nightly live music and a marble raw bar laden with lobster, oysters and shrimp. For an extended stay, that calls for a descent down to the red-cloaked dining room on the 47th floor. Inspired by supper clubs and chop houses of years long past, the menu taps into Americana classics, like Jumbo Lump Blue Crab Cake and Chicory Salads for starters, entrees of Seared Duck Breast and Black Bass en Papillote and a dedicated section to all things Steak & Chops.