Le Cirque 2000 (Closed)

[Gifted Gourmet]

Truly a meal to die for! And a night to remember (oops, that was the title of a book about the sinking of the Titanic! Sorry!)

Thanks for this, bloviatrix!!

[Luckylies]

Bryan Miller is great and all. But I never had a single good meal at le Cirque, I'm not even being a dick. every single meal the service was exception and wonderful, but the meal was complete shit. overcooked, cold, underseasoned, you name it. really mediocre food served at a high level. the desserts were always the exeption. always excellent. and the wine and cocktails. I was unfortunately dissapointed every time...even when dining with a friend of the chef. I'm not sorry it's closed. hopefully Sirio will create soemething both special and tasty next time. What a shame...

[sabg]

does anyone know what is going in the space they are leaving?

[GordonCooks]

My first meal at Le Cirque under Sottha Kuhn was one of the best meal experiences I've had in NY (but subsequent meals fell short)

[Pan]

Tell us what you really think, Luckylies.

Seriously, I don't know if I ever went to Le Cirque (if I did, it must have been back in the 80s), but I always appreciate when people decline to blindly accept received opinion.

[DanaT]

I was underwhelmed by Le Cirque 2000 about a year and a half ago. I wish I could tell you what we ate but it wasn't memorable.

It will be interesting to see who fills the space. The New York Palace is a prime hotel.

[nyfood]

The NY Times also added its comment on the closing of Le Cirque. Eric Asimov was impressed by the food but felt the restaurant peaked in the '80s and since then "...

the central importance of Le Cirque has diminished, gracefully but inexorably. "

The New York Times Diner's Journal 12/31/04 Eric Asimov

I interviewed Sirio Maccioni 10 days before closing and he was "sad and mad" that he once again couldn't settle differences with hotel management and has to pack up all those monkey sculptures and pictures and memorabilia (not to mention the quarter million dollar stoves) and start over again.

He is an innovator and a survivor. The new Le Cirque should resemble the original Mayfair Hotel Le Cirque. They hope to open by Labor Day of this year.