Maxwell's Plum - closed

Look at that beautiful Tiffany glass. I hope Ivana got it in the divorce. Ass. 

Bad streak of closed ones. From wikipedia:

Maxwell's Plum was a "flamboyant restaurant and singles bar that, more than any place of its kind, symbolized two social revolutions of the 1960s – sex and food", at 1181 First Avenue (64th and 1st Avenue) in Manhattan. Owned by Warner LeRoy, it closed abruptly on July 10, 1988.

...It became a favorite gathering spot and within a few years the theater was closed in 1969 to expand the cafe with a luxury dining room reminiscent of Maxim’s in Paris. Patrons enjoyed Maxwell’s Plum mixed experience of a boulevard café or a second floor majestic restaurant that overlooked the first floor singles' bar....

... It soon served over 1,200 customers a day, including such celebrities as Richard Rodgers, Cary Grant, Bill Blass, Barbra Streisand and Warren Beatty, and becoming what The New York Times called "a favorite watering hole for the 'swinging singles' set."

LeRoy closed the Plum in 1988 when he sold the First Avenue building. In January 1989 the furnishings and contents of Maxwell's Plum were auctioned off. At the auction, the Tribeca Grill acquired the Plum’s large island bar.

It is now a couple's spa next to a UPS store. Sigh.

Fresh Framboise Champagne

• 2 oz. fresh raspberries
• 6 oz. chilled champagne
• superfine sugar

Muddle raspberries in a cup. Spoon into chilled tulip champagne glass. Add champagne, add sugar to taste.