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Welcome to Il Gattopardo at The Rockefeller Townhouses

It is with joy that we welcome you to The Rockefeller Townhouses, our home at 13-15 West 54th Street. 

Built in 1897 by architect Henry Hardenbergh (Dakota Building and Plaza Hotel), on the so-called “Millionaire’s Row” in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, the buildings were designed in the Beaux Arts Renaissance style. Together with the University Club, constructed at 1 West 54th Street, and other distinguished houses on the same block, these buildings are examples of the fashionable structures that once characterized the West Fifties between Fifth and Sixth Avenues - now a Nationally Registered Historic Place. The Rockefeller Townhouses (originally built for William Murray, a prominent businessman from Larchmont, New York) are known by the name of their most famous owner, John D. Rockefeller who called them home for nearly forty years with his wife, Laura Spelman, and their five children. The renovation project was under the guidance of K/R Architects, the same architectural firm that created the original Il Gattopardo back in 2001, lead by and John Keenan and Terry Riley - Museum of Modern Art former curator of Architecture and Design. In the new house, Il Gattopardo gains an intimate bar and a marvelous private dining space . The main dining room has been designed to translate our vision of comfort, modernity, but above all, simplicity, and to keep alive Il Gattopardo’s understated elegance.

Il Gattopardo serves traditional Southern Italian comfort food that has been adapted for the contemporary palate without compromising the authenticity of the cuisine, which became a must to its loyal upscale New Yorker clientele. We are committed to producing top quality Southern Italian gastronomy, to the use of authentic ingredients, and to keeping the tradition of Italian culture, and hospitality, vibrant and passionate.

We welcome you to join us on this journey, as always have the pleasure of your company at Mozzarella & Vino - Il Gattopardo’s youngest sibling, a modern enoteca with a heavy emphasis on the Mozzarella di buffala Campana, Italian cheeses and affettati.

We look forward to welcoming you to Il Gattopardo, The Sorrentinos and Family