Oceana’s new space in the old McGraw-Hill Building in Midtown Manhattan, completed in August, was built to bring its high-end seafood experience to a wider audience from its former location on E. 54th St.
The new 15,000-sq-ft space, designed by Morris Nathanson Design, Pawtucket, R.I., includes a 150-seat private dining room that’s flexible enough to be divided into three separate sections, a raw bar and another 25-seat dining room. For the kitchen staff there is a private, six-person Chef’s room inside the kitchen, as well as walk-in and dry storage spaces, offices, and prep-cooking areas. The dining areas, finished with stone, custom fabric booths, woven carpets and tiered chandeliers, are designed to accommodate both big gatherings and intimate parties via elements such as Skyfold partitions, draperies, sliding glass doors and removable railings. A Temco Vulkem deck coating was used for waterproofing, installed under the kitchen, bar, and bathroom floors.