Le Cirque closing in New York

Good article in the New Yorker about it.

thanks, that is a great read. the reichl book mentioned in the article was fantastic. the chapter about her review of le cirque is brilliant stuff.

Good riddance.

In its last years the food was appallingly mediocre and the prices were appalling. It is best remembered for things that are better left in the past.

Amen, bad rubbish and all.

I still remember reading that review when it first came out. I cut it out and saved it for years.

The restaurant ran out of pigeons…not as entrees, but as diners.

Not having ever been there, can you elaborate?

I have been there.

I think reading the article will give you an idea of where Victor is coming from. Victor is doing his best PT Barnum impersonation.