Famous Maitre D’ opens NYC hot spot
Michael Cecchi-Azzolina’s phone number used to be passed around among celebrities and Manhattan’s A Listers. His was the name you needed to know to get a seat at some of Manhattan’s trendiest and most influential restaurants, including La Rousse, The Water Club, The River Cafe, Raoul’s and Le Coucou. Model Brooke Shields writes of Cecchi-Azzolina on the dust-jacket of his bestselling book Your Table is Ready, Tales of a New York City Maitre D.’ Shields rhapsodizes about her time spent…