King Cole Bar

The King Cole Bar is an upscale cocktail lounge in the St. Regis New York.

Parrish's mural in the King Cole Bar

Many mixologists believe the Bloody Mary made its first U.S. appearance in the King Cole Bar. The drink was then called "The Red Snapper," after originally being invented by Fernand Petiot at Harry's New York Bar in Paris, France. Others contend that the iconic drink, now one of the Official Cocktails of the International Bartenders Association, was indeed invented in the King Cole Bar.

Originally, the King Cole Bar was about fifty feet (15m) east of the small but ornate lobby of The St. Regis. It was a large room with many circular tables and a long north-south bar above which was the famous Parrish painting. Later, the bar was moved to a far smaller room east of that spot. The mural for which the venue is named, or perhaps a slightly smaller version of the painting, hangs behind the bar. It is by artist Maxfield Parrish and depicts "Old King Cole" who was a "merry old soul" calling for his pipe and bowl, and his "fiddlers three."

The bar has been the setting for scenes in The Devil Wears Prada, Hannah and Her Sisters, The First Wives Club,[1] and Gossip Girl.[2]

References

"St. Regis bar booted me for my makeup and swanky outfit". New York Post. 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
"The Gossip Girl Guide to New York City". Vogue UK. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2018-09-17.

Midtown (42nd–59th Sts)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

West of
5th Av

Rockefeller Center	1 Rockefeller Plz 10 Rockefeller Plz 30 Rockefeller Plz 50 Rockefeller Plz 75 Rockefeller Plz 1211 6th Av 1221 6th Av 1251 6th Av 1271 6th Av British Empire Building International Building La Maison Francaise
Times Square	1 Astor Plz 1 Times Sq 3 Times Sq 4 Times Sq 11 Times Sq 20 Times Sq 229 W 43rd St 255 W 43rd St 1500 Broadway 1501 Broadway 1540 Broadway Morgan Stanley Bldg Times Square Tower

East of
5th Av

Former

Art and theater

Broadway theaters	Ambassador American Airlines August Wilson Belasco Bernard B. Jacobs Booth Broadhurst Broadway Brooks Atkinson Cort Edison Ethel Barrymore Eugene O'Neill Gerald Schoenfeld Hayes Hudson Imperial John Golden Longacre Lunt-Fontanne Lyceum Lyric Majestic Marquis Minskoff Music Box Nederlander New Amsterdam Palace Richard Rodgers St. James Samuel J. Friedman Shubert Stephen Sondheim Studio 54 Walter Kerr
Other venues	55th Street Playhouse Carnegie Hall New York City Center Paris Theater Radio City Music Hall Sony Hall The Theater Center The Town Hall York Theatre
Art galleries	Galerie St. Etienne Rehs Galleries

Hotels

Current

Former

Other points of interest

Restaurants/ nightlife	21 Club Burger Heaven Le Bernardin The Campbell Ellen's Stardust Diner Feinstein's/54 Below Gallagher's Steakhouse Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant La Grenouille Iridium Jazz Club King Cole Bar Latin Quarter Marea The Original Soupman P. J. Clarke's Patsy's Le Pavillon Rainbow Room Restaurant Aquavit Russian Tea Room Sardi's Shun Lee Palace The Campbell
Museums/ cultural centers	Austrian Cultural Forum New York Girl Scout Museum and Archives John M. Mossman Lock Museum Korean Cultural Center New York Madame Tussauds New York Museum of Arts and Design Museum of Modern Art New York Transit Museum Paley Center for Media Rose Museum Spyscape
Stores	Argosy Book Store Gotham Book Mart
Clubhouses	American Fine Arts Society The Brook Century Association Columbia University Club of New York Cornell Club of New York Harvard Club of New York New York Athletic Club New York Friars Club New York Yacht Club Penn Club of New York City Princeton Club of New York Racquet and Tennis Club University Club of New York Women's National Republican Club
Green spaces	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden Central Park Grand Army Plaza Greenacre Park Paley Park
Educational institutions	53rd Street Library Circle in the Square Theatre School CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies High School of Performing Arts Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers Saint Thomas Choir School SUNY College of Optometry

Transportation

Subway stations	Fifth Avenue/53rd Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street Seventh Avenue 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 49th Street 50th Street 50th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 57th Street Grand Central–42nd Street Lexington Avenue/51st Street Lexington Avenue/59th Street Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal
Railroad stations	Grand Central LIRR terminal Grand Central Terminal
Streets and intersections	Third Avenue Fifth Avenue Sixth Avenue Six and a Half Avenue Seventh Avenue Eighth Avenue 42nd 47th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 57th 59th Broadway Columbus Circle Duffy Square Grand Army Plaza George Abbott Way Lexington Avenue Madison Avenue Park Avenue Park Avenue Viaduct Pershing Square Shubert Alley Times Square Vanderbilt Avenue

Related topics
Billionaires' Row Little Brazil Midtown South Minnesota Strip

See also: Manhattan Community Board 5

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