Restaurant, Lauded

From the November issue of Esquire, here's restaurant man John Mariani adding Le Cirque and the Maccioni family to the "Restaurant Hall of Fame": "[N]o restaurant in America, perhaps the world, has graduated so many renowned chefs as Le Cirque. Since it opened in 1974, Daniel Boulud, David Bouley, Terrance Brennan, Rick Moonen, Jacques Torres, Michael Lomonaco, Alex Stratta, Geoffrey Zakarian, and many, many more have passed through its kitchen." [Esquire]