in 2007 . restaurant information established 1954 current owner s stephen bruce food type dessert ice cream street address 225 east 60th street city new york city state new york postal code zip 10022 country united states other locations 501 east camino real boca raton florida 33432 caesars palace las vegas nevada 89109 website http www.serendipity3.com serendipity 3 often written serendipity iii is a restaurant located at 225 east 60th street between second and third avenues in new york city founded by stephen bruce in 1954 . 1 2 the restaurant has been the scene of several films including the 2001 romantic comedy serendipity . contents 1 history 2 media 3 records 4 references 5 external links history edit serendipity was named after the three legendary princes of the island once known as serendip now sri lanka from which the 18th century writer sir horace walpole coined serendipity . serendipity has been popular since the beginning . marilyn monroe frequently patronized the restaurant andy warhol was a regular before he was well known 1 and first lady jackie o was also a frequent guest and once even tried to buy the recipe for the frrrozen hot chocolate for an event she was throwing . stephen bruce refused to give her the recipe though he did offer to come and make the frozen drink for her party himself . 3 the recipe can now be found in sweet serendipity a book of recipes and history sold in the general store located inside the restaurant . in 2004 serendipity celebrated its fiftieth anniversary by introducing the record breaking golden opulence sundae listed in the guinness book of world records as the most expensive dessert at 1000 . it is made with 5 scoops of the tahitian vanilla bean ice cream madagascar vanilla covered in 23k edible gold leaf drizzled with the world s most expensive chocolate amedei porcelana and covered with chunks of chuao chocolate which is from cocoa beans harvested by the caribbean sea on venezuela s coast . it is suffused with exotic candied fruits from paris gold drag es truffles and marzipan cherries and topped with a tiny glass bowl of grand passion caviar an exclusive dessert caviar made of salt free american golden caviar known for its sparkling golden color . it is sweetened and infused with passion fruit orange and armagnac . the sundae is served in a baccarat harcourt crystal goblet with an 18k gold spoon a petite mother of pearl spoon and topped with a gilded sugar flower by ron ben israel . the restaurant for a number of years had a location in boston at faneuil hall but it closed in 1996 and has opened two new locations with one in boca raton in south florida 4 and another at caesars palace on the las vegas strip . 5 on memorial day may 30 2011 serendipity 3 opened a new restaurant on the historic corner of m street and wisconsin avenue in the heart of washington d.c. s popular georgetown shopping district . however it closed in 2014 . like the new york location the d.c. locale hosted many opulent and playful oddities including an eight foot fiberglass smirking abraham lincoln statue designed by high profile d.c. artist and prop designer a.j. strasser . the georgetown restaurant also featured a historical clock from landmark d.c. jeweler galt & bros as well as a 1960s photograph of andy warhol and serendipity 3 co founder stephen bruce . media edit iced hot chocolate with mint serendipity 3 has appeared prominently in at least two major movies . the movie most associated with the restaurant is its namesake serendipity . released in 2001 it centers on a couple that meet by chance while shopping at bloomingdale s and share dessert at the restaurant later that same night . one fine day released in 1996 also has a scene in the restaurant featuring the frrrozen hot chocolate . trust the man released in 2006 includes a scene of david duchovny s character being invited to serendipity 3 by a potential love interest and then at the restaurant on the first floor eating . the second novel in the gossip girl series you know you love me includes a scene in which serena and dan visit serendipity 3 and respectively order a peppermint sundae and a coffee banana split . the third episode of the second season of girls mentioned the serendipity frrrozen hot chocolate . records edit in november 2007 serendipity unveiled a 1 000 dessert called the the golden opulence sundae which guinness world records declared the world s most expensive dessert . 6 7 in may 2012 serendipity 3 was recognized as the guinness world record holder for serving the world s most expensive hamburger the 295 le burger extravagant . 8 references edit a b serendipity 3 . retrieved march 10 2009 . 1 ice cream sundaes the world s most expensive ice cream sundae . retrieved march 10 2009 . boca raton restaurants . retrieved april 13 2009 . las vegas weekly serendipity 3 . las vegas weekly . archived from the original on april 22 2009 . retrieved april 13 2009 . health dept. closes shop selling 1 000 sundae . cbs news . cbs news . november 15 2007 . archived from the original on june 11 2008 . retrieved february 2 2009 . john sullivan november 7 2007 . 25 000 for a hot chocolate . the new york times . the new york times . retrieved october 9 2008 . serendipity 3 burger weekly . burger weekly . burger weekly . june 12 2013 . retrieved october 8 2013 . external links edit serendipity 3 official website serendipity boca raton florida location coordinates 40 45 42.49 n 73 57 53.67 w 40.7618028 n 73.9649083 w 40.7618028 ; 73.9649083 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title serendipity 3 & oldid 742967998 categories restaurants in manhattanrestaurants established in 1954upper east sideice cream parlorshidden categories use mdy dates from february 2013coordinates 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 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