New York City: Daniel (November 2010)

My spouse and I dined for dinner at Daniel in November 2010. Daniel is a New French restaurant owned and run by French celebrity chef Daniel Boulud, New York's longest-reigning four-star chef. It moved to its current location in early 1999. It ranked it the 4th-best restaurant in New York City. It was one of only five restaurants awarded four stars by The New York Times; however, it was downgraded to three stars by restaurant critic Pete Wells. It is two-star rated by the Michelin Guide. Boulud opened his restaurant Daniel, in 1993, in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Daniel relocated the restaurant to a new home in 1998: a Venetian renaissance-inspired setting at Park Avenue and 65th Street—premises that once housed Le Cirque. The original Daniel was re-launched as the Cafe Boulud.