In February 2000 she was promoted to director of operations at the Russian Tea Room and then to vice president of both restaurants.

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The closure of the famed Russian Tea Room in 1995 was greeted with dismay by city-dwellers who had never set foot in it.

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In easing the restaurant off the shoals LeRoy must deal with a partner in the 74-year-old Russian Tea Room (Tavern on the Green is owned outright).

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"Rock 'n' roll is such an unpredictable thing, " Mr. Lagutenko said recently at the Russian Tea Room, where adoring young employees took turns taking pictures with him.

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Jennifer Oz LeRoy marches into her Manhattan office and, rhinestone-studded cell phone in hand, demands a status report on a doorman who has been rude to patrons at the Russian Tea Room.

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But business is less than booming at the 28, 000-square-foot Russian Tea Room, which is better known for its "Ivana Trump goes to Las Vegas" decor, as Zagat Survey put it, than its food.

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