NEW YORK - The owner of the Rainbow Room restaurant and nightclub has gone to court to try to block its eviction from Rockefeller Center.
Cipriani Fifth Avenue LLC on Monday got a restraining order stopping the eviction until a Jan. 27 hearing in Manhattan's state Supreme Court.
Landlord Tishman Speyer Properties gave Cipriani until Monday to vacate the 64th and 65th floors of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the setting for the NBC comedy hit "30 Rock."
A Tishman Speyer spokeswoman says Cipriani has failed to pay its rent for the Rainbow Room since 2008 so its lease must be ended.
Cipriani says it isn't leaving. It calls the eviction notice a "frivolous" attempt to convert the Rainbow Room's venue into expensive office space.
Court papers say Cipriani pays $6 million a year for the space.
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