Menu
Photo credit: Michael Hnatov
Accession Number: C.2015.217.1
Dimensions: 14.75 in X 6.25 in
Dimensions (Metric): 37.465 cm X 15.875 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 37.465 cm X 15.875 cm
Source: Robyn Jackson
Credit Line: Gift of Robyn Jackson
Description
Windows on the World Christmas menu, 1986. The interior of the menu is printed in green text with a message to the diner: "We are happy that you are spending your Christmas Day with us. The entire staff of Windows on the World extend to you our best wishes for a Joyous Holiday Season." The menu includes an array of gourmet options, some with a seasonal flare, such as turkey and stuffing and eggnog meringue.
Windows on the World Christmas menu, 1986. The interior of the menu is printed in green text with a message to the diner: "We are happy that you are spending your Christmas Day with us. The entire staff of Windows on the World extend to you our best wishes for a Joyous Holiday Season." The menu includes an array of gourmet options, some with a seasonal flare, such as turkey and stuffing and eggnog meringue.
Historical Notes
Robyn Jackson obtained this menu while dining at Windows on the World on Christmas Day, 1986.
Robyn Jackson obtained this menu while dining at Windows on the World on Christmas Day, 1986.
Curator's Comment
Located on the 106th and 107th floors of the North Tower, Windows on the World opened in the spring of 1976. New York magazine marked the restaurant’s debut on its May 1976 cover with a headline declaring it “The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World.” A team of celebrity chefs helped devise menus for the eatery, which featured not only a 300-seat restaurant but also a bar, wine cellar, more intimate dining areas, and private banquet rooms and meeting spaces for hire. With floor-to-ceiling windows, larger than their counterparts elsewhere in the Twin Towers, the multilevel restaurant offered diners stunning panoramic views of New York City and beyond. Tourists and locals alike lined up to reserve their dining adventure in the clouds. Entering 1993, WOW (its popular nickname) was one of the country’s highest-grossing restaurants.
After the February 26, 1993, bombing of the World Trade Center, the restaurant closed for cleaning and major renovations. It reopened in 1996 under new management. The iconic dining establishment in the sky was destroyed in the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Seventy-two staff members were killed that day along with the breakfast guests and conference goers they were serving.
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Located on the 106th and 107th floors of the North Tower, Windows on the World opened in the spring of 1976. New York magazine marked the restaurant’s debut on its May 1976 cover with a headline declaring it “The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World.” A team of celebrity chefs helped devise menus for the eatery, which featured not only a 300-seat restaurant but also a bar, wine cellar, more intimate dining areas, and private banquet rooms and meeting spaces for hire. With floor-to-ceiling windows, larger than their counterparts elsewhere in the Twin Towers, the multilevel restaurant offered diners stunning panoramic views of New York City and beyond. Tourists and locals alike lined up to reserve their dining adventure in the clouds. Entering 1993, WOW (its popular nickname) was one of the country’s highest-grossing restaurants.
After the February 26, 1993, bombing of the World Trade Center, the restaurant closed for cleaning and major renovations. It reopened in 1996 under new management. The iconic dining establishment in the sky was destroyed in the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Seventy-two staff members were killed that day along with the breakfast guests and conference goers they were serving.
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