The way to a man's heart is through his stomach – in the Grand Central Oyster Bar. At lunchtime workers, actors and tourists are standing in queues that almost reach to the platforms. All of them have one common goal: get a place at the counter under the waffle-slab ceiling and slurp some fresh oysters. The offer includes up to thirty different and alternating sorts of oysters daily.

Then there is the Oyster Ramp close to the bar. A young couple is standing there in opposite corners of the Whispering Gallery and whispers oaths of love against the wall. That's nothing unusual as the room is constructed in a way that the reverberation of the words are transported into the other corner – without cell phone or facebook.

And speaking of love: the Kissing Room of the Grand Central Station, officially entitled Biltmore Room, served as a connection point for the 20^th Century Limited Trains until 1967. It connected New York with Chicago and transported known personalities and politicians. Reunion and kissing scenes at the arrival were common practice.

Grand Central Oyster Bar