Bad news from 30 Rock. It seems New York’s super iconic Rainbow Room, on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller, is in a spot of trouble:

The recession has reached the ritzy Rainbow Room, the special-occasion spot that overlooks midtown Manhattan from high above the tourist-attracting Rockefeller Center skating rink.

WNBC-TV reports that the owners plan to shutter the Italian-themed Rainbow Grill restaurant temporarily while keeping the establishment’s bar, banquet space and dinner-dancing going on the 65th floor of the RCA building.

The Rainbow Room has symbolized glamour since it opened in 1934, during the Great Depression.

Cipriani International chief operating officer John Higgins told WNBC the decision was “due to the current economic crisis” and a lease dispute.

Those six ugly words – “due to the current economic crisis” – make up the first cliché of 2009.