In other words, the elder Mr. Maccioni, who has run Le Cirque 2000 and its legendary predecessor, Le Cirque, since 1974, will never need a computer to keep track of his best customers and their predilections.
Over the long run, Le Pen isn't the hard problem.
CARLO MANTICA, who helps run Le Cirque, counted the filled tables at the restaurant at a recent lunch.
Lunch on the run Le Bougainville, at the eastern exit of Galerie Vivienne (13), at 5 rue de la Banque, is a lively, atmospheric café.
Lunch on the run Le Thai (8) at 523 Fremont Street (001 702 778 0888; lethaivegas.com) serves a swift, tasty lunch daily except Sunday: the beef and vegetable stir fry, along with a lemonade, comes to under $10/£6.
Eurotunnel continued to run Le Shuttle services in the one unblocked tunnel with trains running in one direction for 90 minutes and then in the opposite direction for 90 minutes.
The Roux family legacy has continued unabated, as Roux Jr. has run Le Gavroche since 1991.
"Running Le Cirque is the only thing I know how to do," he said: 151 East 58th Street, 212-644-0202, lecirque.com.com
For the fourth year running, Le Fooding, a French group that takes an irreverent approach to French food and chefs, will come to New York, for a series of events they have scheduled from Sept. 19 to 23.
St. Aubyn knew that the cost of running Le Plan would make living there unsustainable, unless — against all indications — his mother decided to leave him some money rather than give it all to her cause.
They fell in love, married three years later and famously ran Le Gourmandin together, the chic Ms. Crotet Billard managing the crowds while her husband turned out classic cuisine bourguignonne.
