Le Cirque and Circo Restaurants

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN... Working his way on a transatlantic cruise liner, Sirio Maccioni dazzled New York with his charm and acumen for hospitality. Working at the famed Colony Club as a maitre dhotel in the late 1960s, Sirio developed his first taste for the New York restaurant business. Then in 1974, Sirio opened what was destined to become a New York landmark Le Cirque, which literally translates as the circus in French, at the Mayfair Hotel. In 1997, Le Cirque outgrew its original location and relocated to a larger space in the New York Palace Hotel under the name Le Cirque 2000. By 2004, Le Cirque was an established New York City landmark and decided to move to the prestigious Bloomberg Building on East 58th Street and finally opened its doors in May of 2006. Although over the years, monkeys, circus balls and tent shades have become symbolic representations of the restaurant, but Le Cirques most recognizable feature is the Maccioni family. Sirios sons-- Marco and Mauro-- follow...