The Roosevelt Island Panorama Roof rooftop bar at the Graduate Hotel opened only two weeks ago and has quickly become a destination attraction for local
residents and visitors to marvel at the one-of-a- kind NYC East River waterfront
and skyline views and enjoy a cocktail or two or three.
... expect to see Panorama Room soon drawing the chic and savvy in droves for
serious cocktails with unrivaled views...
“You may not have had reason to venture to the tranquil enclave of Roosevelt
Island in the past but expect to see Panorama Room soon drawing the chic and
savvy in droves for serious cocktails with unrivaled views & consider
getting in while you still can.”
https://t.co/H0g9d6GKBz
Roosevelt Island residents have been asking when the Panorama Room food menu
will be available? Here it is.
A Panorama Room representative adds:
Please keep in mind the menu is constantly changing right now. We want to
continue to build better practices and have the best menu possible for our
guests!
"When will the Graduate Hotel rooftop bar open" is a question regularly asked
by Roosevelt Island residents who have been looking forward to the planned
July opening of the
Panorama Room.
I’m told the Panorama rooftop bar opening has been delayed past July. Is that
true? What is the new planned opening date? I heard late August? What is
reason for the delay?
A Panorama Room representative answered:
You are correct - unfortunately the opening will not be in July. The delays
are pretty run of the mill - finalizing the space, menus, etc. We are
looking at August, though we don’t have a firm date at this point.
We’ll be sure to keep you posted on updates as they happen.
... Anything At All opened the last week of June and it's open for
breakfast lunch and dinner. They serve new American cuisine. We do hope to
add outdoor dining.
With everything going on with Covid, things just don't arrive in the time
you would like them too. We're still waiting on some of the furniture but
hopefully we'll have that up and running sometime soon.
We will also have our fantastic Panorama Room. Both the Panorama Room and
Anything At All are managed by Call Mom who are Med Abrous and Marc Rose.
They're New York City natives. Both were living in L.A. Med actually
moved back to help with the opening and so they're running our food and
beverage outlets as well as our event space
The Panorama Room is the only part of the hotel that is not yet open. Like
with the restaurant furniture downstairs there's still some parts that we're
waiting on that have been delayed due to just production delays and also
we've had a little issue with staffing as everyone's probably seen in the
news.
It's not easy to hire people as you would like so we do aim to open this
summer. We still honestly are just waiting for a few more pieces to the
puzzle till we can have a firm opening date but once we open it's going to
be a great resource to the Island.
We will be open most days likely starting at 3 p.m in the afternoon. Hopefully
at one point also adding brunch on the weekend so really more to come on the
Panorama Room....
Here's the full Graduate Hotel Presentation by Ms Dalal to the Community Board
8 Roosevelt Island Committee.
As previously reported,
The Graduate Hotel Panorama Room has been open for some private parties
including on July 4.
I agree. The staff is super friendly but inexperienced. We waited 20 minutes for our first drink and no one was in the restaurant. The food is very good especially breakfast.
This New Rooftop Bar Boasts Never-Before Seen Views of New York City | Vogue - Vogue Magazine gets first look at Roosevelt Island Panorama Room Rooftop Bar @GraduateHotels @cornell_tech campus https://t.co/SPW8ALxKqC
— Roosevelt Islander (@Rooseveltisland) July 9, 2021
Roosevelt Island isn’t typically at the top of many must-do lists for NYC.
Even locals hardly ever make it to the island, which is often confused with
Randall’s Island or Governor’s Island (both seeming to be more popular)....
... affords 360-degree unobstructed views of Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, with the lush green tip of Roosevelt Island in the foreground and the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge looming on one side....
... inspired by the space’s surrounding water, and an impressive raw bar
with sustainability in mind will be a big part of the Panorama Room
experience. “The caviar that we’re going to use is sourced from one place in
Italy on a national reserve with sustainable practices, and their eggs are
very special,” says Harper. Fresh pastas, a Wagyu steak, and a unique uni
panna cotta created by Harper are also on the menu....
... For the cocktail program, Bossy was inspired by the forgottenness of
Roosevelt Island: She created a cocktail menu of updated forgotten drinks,
like a lychee martini, espresso martini, and Long Island Iced Tea, which are
served in specially sourced Italian and Swedish glassware....
Roosevelt Island residents have been waiting with great anticipation for the
expected mid July opening of the
Panorama Room, a new rooftop bar and restaurant located in the
Graduate Hotel
on the Cornell Tech campus. Those residents who signed up for the
Graduate Hotel tour last month
and got up to the roof were greatly impressed with the awesome views of NYC
East River waterfront seen from the Panorama Room.
Here's a sneak peak of the Roosevelt Island Panorama Room views from
Instagram Page of actress Jamie Chung
during a July 4th celebration private party at the Graduate Hotel rooftop
bar/restaurant. Click through the photo slideshow for video of the July 4
fireworks - What a sight!
The soon to open Graduate Hotel rooftop Panorama Room and ground floor
Anything At All restaurant, which opened June 22, are operated by the
Call Mom
hospitality group duo of Med Abrous and Marc Rose
Today I asked a Call Mom representative:
Is there any update on the Panorama Rooftop Bar opening date?
Also, I understand there was a July 4 Fireworks Celebration private party at
the Panorama Rooftop Bar not open to the public or hotel guests. Is that
true?
Why was the rooftop bar not open to the public for the July 4 celebration.
A Call Mom spokesperson answered:
... The Panorama Room was used for a small private party on the 4th as
it's not fully complete yet. It will be open in mid July,...
The Anything At All restaurant has been getting great reviews from Roosevelt
Island residents.
This morning,
the Roosevelt Island Graduate Hotel welcomed the Roosevelt Island community and
guests with a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the hotel.
— Roosevelt Islander (@Rooseveltisland)
June 2, 2021
The Ribbon cutting ceremony was hosted by Graduate Hotel General Manager Bill
Cutillo who said:
It's my pleasure to welcome all of you today to this beautiful
property. We gather to celebrate today the opening of the hotel.
It's
the first hotel to open on this special Island. In a moment of promise
and excitement for the future of New York City as a whole.
It's
such a pleasure to gather with all of you to commemorate this
incredible project and the future ahead. Today was a long time coming.
Some of us have joined for this final stretch to bring the hotel to the
market while many of you have perhaps lived here on the island for
decades or have been involved with Cornell Tech since it's inception.
We appreciate your passion and your dedication and we feel so lucky
to be opening our doors here amid such a dynamic community, rich
history and tradition
We have an inspiring future ahead all with
indisputably the best backdrop we can imagine. Each Graduate Hotel's
property is anchored and celebrating the community within. This hotel
is no different. From our decor which nods to all sorts of Island
stories, some big and some small to our exciting food and beverage
offerings and the activations that will bring the hotel to life. We
hope you will continue to stop by and visit and we look forward to
getting to know all of you here at Graduate Roosevelt Island and thank
you again for joining us today
The question everyone on Roosevelt Island is asking is when will the Rooftop
Bar/Restaurant and Ground Floor Restaurant open?
We still don't have an exact opening date yet for either restaurant opening,
but I am told that the Ground Floor restaurant is expected to open in the next
2 weeks and the Rooftop Bar/Restaurant sometime in July.
We did learn from Mr. Abrou that the name of the Ground Floor Restaurant is:
Anything At All
and the name of the Rooftop Bar/Restaurant is:
Panoroma.
Believe me, the name Panorama is right on target for the Rooftop
Bar/Restaurant. The NYC skyline and East River waterfront views seen from the Panorama's rooftop are magnificent.
As reported yesterday:
... Last Friday, I toured the Graduate Hotel and it looks fantastic. The
ground floor will have an indoor restaurant with outdoor seating and a lobby
area that is welcoming the Roosevelt Island community to sit,relax, eat,
drink, chat and read.
The rooftop bar and restaurant is a site to behold. It reminded me of the
old Rainbow Room on top of Rockefeller Center. The views are
breathtaking....
... Here's a peek today at the lobby area and ground floor restaurant....
... residents will receive a $99 rate from June 1 – August 31, 2021 (plus
applicable taxes and fees) and their friends & family can receive 10% off
the hotel's Best Available Rate year round and that their apartment management
firms will be sharing the booking code...
Long time Roosevelt Island resident Ross Wollen was a "staycation" guest for
the first night at the Roosevelt Island Graduate Hotel. Mr. Wollen reports:
We were delighted by the whole experience and look forward to when the
Graduate has its restaurants and rooftop lounge open.
Our Junior Suite had a very interesting view - eye level to the very close
Bridge traffic - not what we see from Rivercross. It must be said the
extended Lobby and even the rooms strongly resemble a Museum and Library
dedicated to Roosevelt Island and President Roosevelt, and alone are worth
a visit. Our room was very commodious and every Graduate staff member we met
was extremely gracious and helpful. The linens were wonderful.
I should add that our short trip to Granny Annie's for dinner was excellent
too.
It was a wonderful trip wrapping up my Birthday Weekend.
The Twitterverse reported on today's Roosevelt Island Graduate Hotel ribbon
cutting ceremony.
Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island has brought cutting edge innovation to our
city.
Today, I was proud to open up the adjoining Graduate hotel
and to take a tour afterwards. The hotel will increase access to the island
& expand all that R.I. can do to serve NYers & tourists.
pic.twitter.com/ttzzKHjI5l
— Carolyn B. Maloney (@CarolynBMaloney)
June 2, 2021
Graduate Hotels®️ is excited to announce that Graduate Roosevelt Island opens
its doors on June 1, 2021. The 224-key, 18-story hotel opens as part of the
Graduate Hotels collection at the Cornell Tech campus on New York City’s
Roosevelt Island. Serving as the island’s first hotel, Graduate Roosevelt
Island marks the brand’s 29th property and New York City debut. Located at 22
North Loop Road, the hotel offers a scholastic retreat in the middle of the
East River with bright, modern spaces and breathtaking views of Manhattan,
Queens and beyond.
Created for travelers who seek
memory-making journeys, Graduate Hotels is a hand-crafted collection of hotels
that reside in dynamic university-anchored towns across the country and
expanding into the U.K. in summer 2021. Each property celebrates and
commemorates the optimistic energy of its community, while offering an
extended retreat to places that often play host to the best days of our
lives.
“We’re thrilled to make our debut in New York with the
first ever hotel on Roosevelt Island and proud to join the innovative Cornell
Tech campus,” said Ben Weprin, founder and CEO of Graduate Hotels. “Each of
our hotels are rooted in the communities they serve, and we took great care in
creating a highly customized hotel experience that honors the island’s rich
history and has an authentic connection to the Cornell Tech campus. Now more
than ever, there is a new appreciation for exploring what’s in your own
backyard and we look forward to welcoming locals and visitors looking to
experience New York from a fresh and unexpected vantage point.”
Positioned
at the entrance of the Cornell Tech campus, the hotel is architecturally
designed by internationally renowned design firm, Snøhetta, and New York
City-based hospitality-focused architecture firm, Stonehill Taylor, with
interior design from Graduate Hotels’ in-house team. The interior design of
the hotel blends Old School and New Age, taking inspiration from both the rich
history of Roosevelt Island and the future of technology that the Cornell Tech
campus embodies. The futuristic and functional meld to create a space that’s
bright, open and always interesting.
Upon entering, guests
are greeted with a custom 12-foot statement sculpture created by Hebru
Brantley that reinterprets his iconic Flyboy character and a neon Graduate
sign situated above the reception desk, which is a reimagined vintage
apothecary cabinet. Nods to the island’s storied history can be seen through
the corridor behind the front desk, which features a gallery of black and
white photographs of the Roosevelt family. The spacious lobby is lined with
5,000 linear feet of textbooks and floor-to-ceiling windows to create a bright
and airy space warmed up with Persian-inspired rugs, mid-century light
fixtures and pops of Cornell Big Red hues throughout. The lobby is also home
to the hotel’s full-service, all-day restaurant with a statement wraparound
bar anchoring the space and a variety of inviting lounge seating.
Graduate
Roosevelt Island boasts 224 spacious guest rooms and suites including a
Presidential Suite spanning over 1,100 square feet and ideal for entertaining.
Contrasting the modern architecture with warm design details, the guest rooms
offer a familiar, residential experience paired with unrivaled views of the
East River and Manhattan skyline. The décor plays with technology throughout
the ages as seen through lamps with a Morse code of the Cornell fight song on
the base, a neon light fixture inspired by a science project from a Cornell
alum, floating glass desks and integrated audiovisual devices. Local elements
and nods to Roosevelt Island are also incorporated throughout the guest rooms.
Design highlights include benches upholstered with oil painting-like tapestry
of Dutch colonial life, custom art pieces created by Matt Buchholz and
Brooklyn-based artist Ashley Cunningham and a thoughtfully curated gallery
wall showcasing unique pieces including portraits of prominent figures in the
island’s history such as Nellie Bly and Mae West.
Food &
Beverage Los Angeles-based hospitality team and New York City natives,
Med Abrous and Marc Rose of
Call Mom are the
exclusive food and beverage partners at Graduate Roosevelt Island, marking the
duo’s homecoming and their third collaboration with Graduate Hotels, which
also includes Graduate Seattle and Graduate Nashville. The hotel includes the
full-service restaurant, Anything At All, on the ground level; The Panorama
Room, an extraordinary indoor-outdoor rooftop bar and lounge with
unobstructed, sweeping views of the city; and, over 3,000 square feet of
onsite flexible meeting space all concepted and operated by Abrous and
Rose.
Abrous and Rose have tapped a talented, female-led team
including Executive Chef Ja’Toria Harper, Pastry Chef Lindsey Verardo and
Beverage Director Estelle Bossy to oversee all food and beverage programs.
Opening later in June, Anything At All will serve breakfast, brunch, lunch and
dinner. Rooted in a vegetable-forward, farm-first approach to contemporary
comfort food, the light-drenched indoor-outdoor space features a sustainable
synergy between the kitchen and the bar whose playful, creative frozen drinks
and seasonal spritzes will take center stage at brunch. In advance of opening,
the ground floor restaurant offers a sneak peek of the menu with a selection
of grab & go items available for takeout and delivery via ChowNow and
DeliverZero, the innovative service which delivers food in reusable
containers. Additionally, Rose and Abrous have partnered with Brooklyn’s
Variety Coffee which will be served at the hotel in addition to the solar and
battery-powered Poindexter Coffee Bike Cart that will be parked out front
offering coffee and a curated selection of morning and afternoon grab-and-go
items.
Situated atop the hotel, The Panorama Room, is the
stunning 168-seat rooftop bar and lounge designed by James Beard Foundation
Award-winning design firm, Parts and Labor Design. Opening in July 2021, the
crown jewel of the property will evoke a sense of cinematic drama inspired by
futurism creating a true destination for fashion-forward elegance in an
intimate space all set against unobstructed city views.
"It's
an inexplicable feeling to return to our hometown and have a hand in creating
a bold, new destination within this great city," said Med Abrous and Marc
Rose, founders and owners of Call Mom. "Alongside our longtime partners and
collaborators at Graduate Hotels and the Roosevelt Island community, we can't
wait to offer a sense of discovery as both locals and visitors experience our
restaurant, bar, and spaces in between for world-class cocktails, inventive
yet comforting dishes and enveloping hospitality."
The
hotel’s third floor features a variety of distinct multi-use meeting and event
spaces set against clear skyline views, offering the perfect venue for every
occasion from weddings to off-site corporate meetings. This summer, Graduate
Hotels has transformed its ballroom into a space for collaboration inspired by
the iconic film BIG. Known as “The Loft” at Graduate Roosevelt Island, this
pop culture moment creates an opportunity for families, local businesses and
private groups to catch up on lost time in a space that sparks creative energy
and taps into the power of nostalgia. “The Loft” is available for private
bookings
online here
and families can join the fun at Family Saturdays this summer, a series of
kid-friendly activities in partnership with
PlayDay.
In 2011, Cornell won a
city-sponsored competition to develop a tech and science campus on Roosevelt
Island including a hotel that could serve visitors, students and the
community. A selection committee of high-profile Cornell alums with ties to
the hospitality and real estate industries selected Graduate Hotels for the
project in 2016 for its ability to create a highly customized experience that
would have a clear and authentic connection to the Cornell campus. Cornell
Tech's Roosevelt Island campus opened fall 2017. When fully completed, the
campus will include two million square feet of state-of-the-art buildings,
over two acres of open space, and will be home to more than 2,000 graduate
students and hundreds of faculty and staff.
Graduate
Roosevelt Island proudly joins the cutting edge, eco-friendly Cornell Tech
campus. The hotel furthers the campus’ ongoing commitment to sustainability
through its LEED-rated architecture and the use of highly efficient materials
and energy saving systems throughout the property. Graduate Roosevelt Island’s
many sustainability initiatives include the LEED-certified architecture, use
of recyclable materials, highly efficient heating, cooling and LED lighting
systems, reduced water consumption, waste reclamation programs, healthy indoor
air quality and more. The food and beverage operators are equally committed to
creating environmentally conscious restaurant operations and culinary programs
including: composting food scraps, recycling programs for restaurant waste, no
single-use plastic products, minimizing food waste and purchasing sustainable,
locally-sourced ingredients and products.
Easily accessible from the F Train, NYC Ferry and the Tramway, Graduate
Roosevelt Island invites locals looking for a convenient getaway from the city
and visitors curious to experience New York City from a new perspective. Rates
start at $219 per night.
Meal Plan is the operator of the Graduate Hotel rooftop bar and ground floor
restaurant. Although an opening date for the bar and restaurant has not
been announced yet,
Meal Plan has begun hiring too.
... farms rooftops, builds green spaces, and promotes sustainable living and local ecology through food, education, and events. We believe that social enterprise is a powerful driver of positive change, and that businesses should be a nourishing part of their community.
Not quite. Just some passive green roofs to help manage storm water and reduce urban heat island effect. Always love working with forward-thinking, eco-conscious developers!
"The Tata Innovation Center is the physical embodiment of what Cornell Tech is all about” says @cornell_tech’s Dean Dan Huttenlocher. The Tata Innovation Center will bring different industries under one roof, and will spark new ideas that will create a better digital future. pic.twitter.com/563Vm8ybsm
The convergence of industry and academia; the birthplace of the future of tech. Join the companies shaping what’s next, along with @cornell_tech’s brightest minds, here at the Tata Innovation Center. https://t.co/fI1dBOqz0ypic.twitter.com/4NYy1vwruz
Spring will be here soon, and with that, comes the opportunity for outdoor brainstorms to generate ideas as fresh as the Roosevelt Island air. Move your startup to the Tata Innovation Center. https://t.co/fI1dBOqz0ypic.twitter.com/wESEl5BDs0
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