Mayfair House

610 Park Avenue | also 60 East 65th Street | Upper East Side | built 1925

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1974

    Sirio Maccioni opens Le Cirque in the Mayfair Hotel, the city's first privately owned hotel restaurant

    In 1974 Sirio Maccioni, who had started as a waiter at Delmonico's and risen to maitre d' at the Colony, opened Le Cirque in the Mayfair Hotel. The James Beard Foundation calls it the city's first privately owned hotel restaurant. Its menu leaned on what were then exotic ingredients such as wild game, foie gras, roast baby lamb and suckling pig, and Maccioni became known for bringing creme brulee and pasta primavera to a wide public.

    Source: jamesbeard.org

  2. 1987

    Andy Warhol is a regular at Le Cirque, and chef Daniel Boulud's kitchen crew poses for Interview

    Chef Daniel Boulud later recalled that Andy Warhol came to Le Cirque very often in the 1980s. In 1987 the kitchen staff gathered around a table late one night, after service, for a photographer from Interview magazine. The photographer shot Boulud's reflection in a broken mirror on a tripod, so that he seemed to be screaming as he passed through the table like a ghost.

    Source: interviewmagazine.com

  3. 1996

    Le Cirque closes its Mayfair dining room after more than two decades

    Le Cirque, which had opened at the Mayfair in March 1974, closed its dining room there in 1996. It reopened the next year as Le Cirque 2000 in the Palace Hotel and stayed a hotspot until 2002. Daniel Boulud had been the executive chef of the Mayfair restaurant from 1986 to 1992.

    “The restaurant at the Mayfair closed in 1996. In 1997, it reopened as Le Cirque 2000 at the Palace Hotel…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 1998

    Daniel moves from East 76th Street into the former Le Cirque space

    Daniel Boulud opened Daniel on East 76th Street in 1993 as his first independent restaurant. By the restaurant's own account, it moved to East 65th Street in 1998, into what had been Le Cirque's home while Boulud was its executive chef, although Wikipedia dates the move to early 1999. Boulud has said the location is especially meaningful to him for that reason.

    Source: totalfood.com

  5. 2010

    The James Beard Foundation names Daniel Outstanding Restaurant

    In 2010 the James Beard Foundation gave Daniel its Outstanding Restaurant award, a year after honoring the restaurant's staff with the Outstanding Service award. Daniel has held a Michelin star rating since 2005. The two awards came after Boulud's own Outstanding Chef win at the foundation.

    Source: totalfood.com

  6. 2014

    Michelin lowers Daniel from three stars to two

    Daniel held three Michelin stars until 2014, when the guide dropped it to two. The guide cut it again to one star in 2024. The New York Times had also lowered its rating of the restaurant, from four stars to three, under critic Pete Wells.

    Source: Wikipedia

  7. 2022

    Daniel completes a renovation with a bar and lounge by Lalique's design studio

    In 2022 Daniel unveiled the last phase of its latest renovation, a new bar and lounge area made with the Paris-based Lalique Interior Design Studio. The work came as the restaurant approached its 30th anniversary in 2023.

    Source: totalfood.com

  8. 2023

    Daniel's annual gala for Citymeals on Wheels has raised more than $20 million

    By its thirtieth anniversary in 2023, Daniel had hosted an annual gala for Citymeals on Wheels for 25 years. The charity provides nutritious meals to homebound elderly New Yorkers, and Daniel Boulud is its co-president. The galas have together raised over $20 million for the organization.

    Source: totalfood.com

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