Monday, June 22, 2026

The Campbell

One of amazing bars included in our book "Great Bars of New York City: 30 of Manhattan’s favorite storied drinking establishments” is The Campbell.  

Although the Campbell has only been operating as a swanky cocktail bar since 1999, it’s been a famed room for far longer. Set clandestinely within Midtown East’s Grand Central Terminal, the space, also referred to as the Campbell Apartment, was once used as the offices—and man cave—of a mysterious Jazz Age financier named John W. Campbell…"