Category: French Cookbook
Publication Date: October 16th, 2012
Publisher: Rizzoli
Author: Sirio Maccioni, Pamela Fiori
Photo Credit: Image 1: p. 16-17 -- Le Cirque -- The First Generation by Robert
Cenedella, 1998
Oil on Canvas, (72 x 110 inches). This painting depicts the dining room
of Le Cirque at East 65th Street, with more than 100 celebrated
habitués
Image 2: P. 42-43 -- From left: Kathryn Penske, Ivana Trump,
Muffie Bancroft, Anne Arledge, Anna Moffo Sarnoff,
Christina Ferrare DeLorean, Marie Kimberly, and Patricia Kluge
(photo credit: Slim Aarons)
Image 3: P. 73 -- Adam Tihany design drawings and the finished rooms
of Le Cirque 2000
Details: Hardcover Format
Features 256 pages
Stories and recipes of Le Cirque
Le Cirque
Cuisine: French
Address: 150 East 58th Street
New York, 10022
Tel: 212 644 0202 Reserve Online
Website: www.lecirque.com
Email: info@lecirque.com
Owner: Sirio Maccioni
Chefs: Olivier Reginensi
Architects/ Interior Design/ Artwork: Adam D. Tihany
Costas Kondylis
Capacity: Total: 160
Main Dining Room: 95
Wine Lounge: 65
Stella Mezzanine (Private Events): 80
Details: Founded in 1974 by Sirio Maccioni at the Mayfair Hotel
Redefined fine dining, introducing fine Italian cuisine to French classics
Created a new dining experience themed ‘Controlled Confusion’
Featured monkeys, circus balls and tent shades
In 1997 Le Cirque relocated at the New York Palace Hotel under the
name Le Cirque 2000
In 2006 Le Cirque opened its doors at the Bloomberg Building, designed
by Adam D. Tihany
In 2012, Le Cirque published its first cookbook, A Table at Le Cirque
Celebrity chefs that worked at Le Cirque: Daniel Boulud, David Bouley,
Terrance Brennan, Alain Allegretti, Pierre Schaedelin, Geoffrey Zakarian,
Craig Hopson
Sirio Maccioni
Details: Born in 1932 in Montecatini Terme, Italy
Sirio spent his childhood in Tuscany, then he moved to Paris and
Hamburg
During the late 1960s he worked as maître d´ at the Colony Club in
New York
Operates his restaurants along his wife Ediginia, and his three sons
Mario, Marco and Mauro
Popularized classic dishes as Pasta Primavera and Crème Brûlée
In 2004, Sirio published his biography, Sirio: The Story of My Life and
Le Cirque
Sirio Maccioni´s Properties: Le Cirque, Osteria del Circo New York
Le Cirque at The Bellagio Las Vegas, Osteria del Circo at The Bellagio
Las Vegas, Sirio Ristorante at Aria Resort and Casino Las Vegas,
Beach Club by Le Cirque Casa de Campo Resort, La Caña Restaurant
& Lounge by Il Circo, Le Cirque at The Leela Palace,
Sirio Ristorante New York
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A Table at Le Cirque