navigation search this article is about the restaurant in new york city . for the generic term see oyster bar . oyster bar lunchtime at the oyster bar restaurant information slogan the freshest seafood in manhattan established 1913 food type seafood dress code casual street address the lower level of grand central terminal at 42nd street and vanderbilt avenue in manhattan city new york county new york postal code zip 10017 country usa reservations yes other locations tokyo ; brooklyn website oyster entrance to grand central oyster bar & restaurant the grand central oyster bar & restaurant is a seafood restaurant located on the lower level of grand central terminal at 42nd street and vanderbilt avenue in manhattan in new york city . 1 it opened along with the terminal itself in 1913 and has been in business ever since although it closed briefly for renovations following a 1997 fire . 2 as its name suggests it specializes in seafood . it has become over the years one of the landmarks of the new york culinary scene visited by the famous and obscure alike . its architecture features the vaulted guastavino tiled ceilings common in the era of its construction . the archway in front of the restaurant is also famous for an acoustical quirk making it a whispering gallery by which someone standing in one corner can hear someone standing in the opposite corner perfectly no matter how softly they speak . jerome brody sold the oyster bar to employees in 1999 and died in 2001 . 3 two japanese branches have opened in tokyo . the first the gcobr shinagawa is located on the 4th floor of atre shinagawa in the shinagawa station . the second gcobr marunouchi is located in marunouchi my plaza near tokyo station . a small branch is located in terminal c at newark liberty international airport . 4 the bar can be seen as the backdrop for actors in the current opening introductions for saturday night live . in 2016 zagats gave it a food rating of 22 30 meaning very good to excellent . 1 see also edit list of oyster bars list of restaurants in new york city list of seafood restaurants food portal new york city portal references edit a b the grand central oyster bar & restaurant new york east 40s restaurant menus and reviews fire wrecks the oyster bar tiled oasis at grand central . missing or empty url help june 30 1997 martin douglas may 18 2001 . jerome brody 78 is dead ; guided elegant restaurants . the new york times . retrieved may 20 2010 . shops restaurants services at ewr . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to grand central oyster bar & restaurant manhattan new york . restaurant website oyster bar tokyo website japanese coordinates 40 45 8.4 n 73 58 38 w 40.752333 n 73.97722 w 40.752333 ; 73.97722 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title grand central oyster bar % 26 restaurant & oldid 713889751 categories 1913 establishments in new yorkrestaurants established in 1913restaurants in manhattanrestaurants in tokyoseafood restaurants in the united statesoyster barshidden categories pages using web citations with no urluse mdy dates from january 2013commons category with local link different than on wikidataarticles with japanese language external linkscoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages edit links this page was last modified on 6 april 2016 at 11 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view