Planet Hollywood welcomes nineties A-list investor…
He said “I’ll be back” — and meant it.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has stayed true to his “Terminator” mantra — and has already hit Midtown’s new Planet Hollywood, a enterprise he invested in when it launched in the early nineties.
“Arnold the Governator was in New York, just around the time that we opened earlier this year because he was filming a Santa Claus movie and he came to the opening. Then he threw his wrap party for the movie there and started hanging out again,” Planet Hollywood’s CEO and founder, Robert Earl, told The Post.
The world-renowned eatery, which reopened at 136 West forty second Street in Midtown in February, initially launched in 1991 on West 57th Street. Back then, it had the backing of Hollywood elite, particularly Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.
Now, Earl also finds it surreal to be welcoming his former buyers’ offspring, who are now grown up and making their own means in the industry — like Patrick, the son of Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his son Patrick have already visited the new Planet Hollywood in Midtown. Bruce Glikas
“Patrick, who used to just be a little young man coming with his family. Now he came by himself. And he’s an amazing young man. Celebrity doesn’t get to him. Like, I tried to force him to take a car from me to get back to his hotel, and he insisted he was going on the subway by himself,” Earl gushed of Patrick, who starred in Season 3 of “The White Lotus” this February.
The British restaurateur has also been conserving up with the kids of Willis and Moore.
“I’ve even been chatting with Tallulah Willis. We asked her if she wants to have a look at doing a few things with us. She’s an artist now and has got some exhibits and maybe we’ll do them inside the New York restaurant,” he said.
The world-renowned eatery initially launched on West 57th Street, with the backing of Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore. Courtesy Planet Hollywood
He also plans to contact Stallone’s daughters — Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet.
“They’re lovely. But they’ve been busy filming their reality show. But I do plan on hitting them up,” he said.
Planet Hollywood is now going “Back to the Future” with new lunch specials — serving the same objects that had been on its unique nineties menu and at the same price level.
Planet Hollywood in Midtown is now serving objects — just like the Hollywood membership and margherita pasta — from their 1991 menu at their unique costs. Planet Hollywood
“I think that there is a trend. I’ve seen a few other people now doing this. And I think that it brings you through the door,” Earl said of the retro pricing.
“And of course, it’s fascinating for people to say, ‘Just a minute, my entree is under $10. You mean the turkey burger with the fries and everything else is only $7.95?’ Which is unheard of in Manhattan, in a sit-down restaurant that cost $20 million to build.”
Founder and CEO Robert Earl reopened Planet Hollywood, which closed its Times Square location during COVID, at 136 West forty second Street in February. Michael Nagle
The classic menu — which incorporates objects like margherita pasta for $9.95 and a Hollywood membership for $8.95 — will last until October twenty second, when the restaurant celebrates its thirty fourth anniversary.
There’s also a vodka-rum-gin cocktail called “Hasta La Vista Baby” for $9.91, paying homage to Schwarzenegger’s well-known line from “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.”
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