Wednesday, April 11, 2007
The Cambell Apartment
The Campbell Apartment
ADDRESS: 15 Vanderbilt Avenue. New York, NY 10017
BUSINESS: Bar & Lounge
HOURS: MON-SAT 3 pm-1am SUN 3 pm-Midnight
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PRICE: $$$$
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MUSIC: n/c
The Campbell Apartment is located in the Grand Central Terminal Building in Midtown.
It is a cocktail lounge bar. This is my second visit. The previous visit was a couple years ago for my ex-senior designer's retirement corporate party. We cerebrated his retirement at this lounge. But I didn't remember there so much because there were almost two hundred people at the party. I just remembered the pool we played while we were here with drinks. This time I have a chance to observe more. I think the Interior is definitely an old school Medieval style such as an English Tudor.
There are a big bar along with a side wall, a tinted antique glass window behind the bar, seating areas, a big screen wall, and a balcony area in the space. Inside is very dark like a medieval castle or a church. There are lot of business people having drinks and conversation one another. The circulation in the bar is very fast, because of the time around 6pm-7pm in a weekday. I barely have a seat at the bar, and order a glass of wine. It is good. I give the bartender a credit card for a tab and wait for my friend arrival. The waitress doesn't give me a lounge seat at fist because of the time frame and my friend hasn't arrived yet. The first comes the first serve at the lounge. I feel that busy New Yorkers come here for drinks during waiting for the train to rush to home. For business people they need this type of environment to refresh themselves after hectic days in the office. If someone likes an old style of bar, such as ex-Oak room in the Plaza or Harvard Club bar at 44th street, this lounge fits his/her taste. It has a similar atmosphere, dark, traditional, and something smoky. The price of drink is mid-average; It is not extremely high price.
I will come here at a different time next, on weekend or an early hour or a late hour at the bar. It might be a different situation.
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