SkyCity | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1962 |
Closed | 2017 |
Owner(s) | Space Needle Corporation |
Head chef | Jeff Maxfield |
Food type | Fine dining, Pacific Northwest cuisine, new American cuisine |
Dress code | Casual |
Street address |
Space Needle 400 Broad Street Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Reservations | Yes |
SkyCity (originally known as the Eye of the Needle) [1] [2] was a revolving restaurant and bar situated atop the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, United States. [3] [4]
The restaurant featured a 14-foot-deep (4.3 m) carousel (or ring-shaped) dining floor on which sat patrons' tables, chairs, and dining booths. Its floor revolved on a track and wheel system weighing roughly 125 tons, moving at a rate of one revolution every 47 minutes. It was the oldest operating revolving restaurant in the world at the time of its closure. [5] [6] Due to the balance and precision of its design, the floor's rotation is accomplished using just a single 1½-horsepower motor. [7]
The restaurant was designed by John Graham & Company and styled after the La Ronde they had built atop the Ala Moana Center in 1963. [8] SkyCity was a fine dining restaurant with a casual dress code and served Pacific Northwest cuisine and new American cuisine, providing local seafood, steak, chicken and vegetarian items among others. [5] [9] [10] [11] [12]
The restaurant was closed in September 2017 for the $100 million "The Century Project" renovation at the Space Needle, with plans for the dining area to be outfitted with a clear glass floor. [13] The glass floor would enable diners to view the city below them and also the mechanics that operate the revolving floor. [14] When completed, SkyCity was to have the world's first revolving restaurant with a glass floor. [13] [15] It was replaced with the Loupe Lounge, a cocktail lounge that opened in the restaurant's former space on April 9, 2021. [16]
SkyCity | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1962 |
Closed | 2017 |
Owner(s) | Space Needle Corporation |
Head chef | Jeff Maxfield |
Food type | Fine dining, Pacific Northwest cuisine, new American cuisine |
Dress code | Casual |
Street address |
Space Needle 400 Broad Street Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Reservations | Yes |
SkyCity (originally known as the Eye of the Needle) [1] [2] was a revolving restaurant and bar situated atop the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, United States. [3] [4]
The restaurant featured a 14-foot-deep (4.3 m) carousel (or ring-shaped) dining floor on which sat patrons' tables, chairs, and dining booths. Its floor revolved on a track and wheel system weighing roughly 125 tons, moving at a rate of one revolution every 47 minutes. It was the oldest operating revolving restaurant in the world at the time of its closure. [5] [6] Due to the balance and precision of its design, the floor's rotation is accomplished using just a single 1½-horsepower motor. [7]
The restaurant was designed by John Graham & Company and styled after the La Ronde they had built atop the Ala Moana Center in 1963. [8] SkyCity was a fine dining restaurant with a casual dress code and served Pacific Northwest cuisine and new American cuisine, providing local seafood, steak, chicken and vegetarian items among others. [5] [9] [10] [11] [12]
The restaurant was closed in September 2017 for the $100 million "The Century Project" renovation at the Space Needle, with plans for the dining area to be outfitted with a clear glass floor. [13] The glass floor would enable diners to view the city below them and also the mechanics that operate the revolving floor. [14] When completed, SkyCity was to have the world's first revolving restaurant with a glass floor. [13] [15] It was replaced with the Loupe Lounge, a cocktail lounge that opened in the restaurant's former space on April 9, 2021. [16]