Printamateur gourmet gets stiffed at le cirque
Adam Roberts, AKA the Amateur Gourmet, had the temerity, the nerve, to expect a warm reception when he took his parents to the new Le Cirque. Needless to say, he was treated rather shabbily by Sirio
himself. Not a big surprise, obviously, but his account is pitch perfect. My favorite moment: When Adam spots Sirio, he says to his parents, "See that guy over there. He's the one who will determine our worth."
What's especially fascinating is son Mauro Maccioni's response to Adam's blog post. His bristling defensiveness knows no bounds. What's interesting is that Mauro never directly responds to Adam's description of the indignities the Roberts family suffered at the hands of the restaurant's staff, including Sirio himself. I should say that the Maccionis know who I am, so I am often treated well when I go to their restaurants, but I have certainly been treated shabbily on occasion and had bad food at various incarnations of Le Cirque.
Mauro's churlish response reminded me of the time when Times reviewer Biff Grimes gave one of the Maccioni restaurants a less than stellar review, and Sirio responded by making a gratuitously insulting remark about Grime's wife.
What does this tell us? Are the Maccionis only gracious on cue?
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2 Comments:
I always assumed "Le Cirque" was the inspiration for the name of the restaurant in Steve Martin's LA Story: "L'Idiot"
o2b at 5:12PM on 09/21/06
ditto -i don't get the joke either. i'm not so naive as to be unaware of why le cirque is le cirque, but why??????????
baruch at 10:12PM on 10/02/06