LE CIRQUE OPENS IT'S DOORS TO LATE CROWD

Morgan Miller With Le Cirque's Sirio Maccioni

Celebrity restaurant Le Cirque in Manhattan, the epitome of haute cuisine and elegance is broaching new waters. For the first time ever in its distinguished history, co-owner Mauro Maccioni with the blessing of his famed father Sirio (who's also starring in the much buzzed about HBO documentary "A Table In Heaven") is opening the venue's historic doors to the late night "who's who" crowd. He has engaged young, up and coming fashion photog Morgan Miller to "curate" the weekly late night fete that will take place at 11PM till closing on Friday nights. Miller is a rising fashion photographer discovered by Peter Beard whose rolodex would make any publicist green with envy. Miller "curated" the first ever late night Halloween party at Le Cirque to preview the latest offering from the visionary and iconic Maccioni family--"Le Cirque Lounge". The evening went beyond anyone's expectations: over 700 young, costumed notables came, necessitating the opening of the main dining room to accommodate the overflow. "When you get off your plane from Hollywood on Friday night, this is the first stop to make.", states Miller. And now under the watchful eyes of Mauro, they will do a weekly party that we hear might possibly expand to three to four nights after the New Year. The restaurant is also introducing its first-ever late night menu for the "Le Cirque Lounge" that is shrouded in secrecy. Mr. Maccioni wishes for these fetes to recall the heyday of The Stork Club, El Morocco and Copacabana. For the debut opening this past Friday, many bold face names came, including Ralph Lauren model Philippe Reynaud, Alexander Forbes, of the Forbes mag empire, celebrity chef David Burke, Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor who came right from his just landed plane, and Julian Lennon, who came to support his friend, Francesco Civetta, who is not only Asia Argento's brother-in-law but was dee-jaying for the night.
Photo By: Seth Wolfson