adcer

The elevator that goes to the Amex lounge on the third floor of LGA was malfunctioning this morning and being worked on. The repairmen and a security officer initially told us we couldn't get on but then relented and said they'd drop us off. After the doors closed the elevator unexpectedly went up to the fourth floor (instead of down to the gate level) and opened. The door was only open for a second but it was clear it was a completely abandoned section of the airport building. The security officer was not pleased and said this was a badge only level. I asked what it was and she said "it used to be a restaurant many many years ago." The view was spectactar, better than the lounges, and it was a huge space. Anyone know what this was?

Non-NonRev

I found references to any "Aviation Terrace Restaurant" at LaGuardia:

https://www.google.com/search?q=avia...RB1UvpwjekM%3A

adcer

Wow, great find! Thanks for sharing. I found this article too: http://observer.com/2014/11/long-fam...-yorker-hotel/

Discusses a "Kittyhawk Lounge" as well as the Aviation Terrace restaurant you mentioned that were run by the New Yorker hotel.

However, I'm thinking the Aviation Terrace restaurant is not right, because upon further research it was atop the then-Land Plane Administration Building, which I don't think is today's Terminal B. (Aviation Terrace might've been an even more cool space - it offered outdoor seating!).

Anyone have any other thoughts on what might be upstairs in Terminal B?

Non-NonRev

I did see a reference to Joe Baum of Restaurant Associstes, the company that ran the Four Seasons restaurant in the Seagrams Building). Consideting that Baum ran the Newarker restaurant before joining RA, that might be a possibility - I could not find anything else.

However, the years might work in that if Baum was involved, it would likely have been in the Sixties.

Out of my Element

This is not the restaurant you are looking for