It's a New York landmark, and it's also where Dorothy Parker was taken to be fired from Vanity Fair. At the time, Parker was the caustic theater critic for the Condé Nast publication, and was in the habit of skewering shows that deserved it.

THE PLAZA The Palm Court inside The Plaza is where Mrs. Parker was fired from Vanity Fair. The 2005-2008 renovation of the restaurant and its famous stained glass ceiling reportedly cost $15 million.

On a Sunday in January 1920, editor Frank Crowinshield took Parker to Sunday brunch in the famous Palm Court, praised her writing and told her she'd be famous someday, then fired her. The real reason for her dismissal wasn't stated, but it probably had to do with her offending the wrong Broadway producers. Parker had been on the magazine for four years; prior to that she had worked at Vogue for two.

The next day, her close friend, Robert Benchley, the managing editor of the magazine, resigned his position in protest. Robert E. Sherwood, the third member of the editorial department, had quit just a week before after being turned down for a raise.