Episode #68: Delmonico’s: The Return of a Legend with Max Tucci
A New York phoenix has risen! Delmonico’s, New York’s most legendary restaurant, first established in 1827 has reopened to welcome, as third-generation partner Max Tucci shares with us, all to the table.
Delmonico’s began as the dream of two Swiss immigrants in the 1820s and grew to be a social center of the great Gilded Age. Prohibition shuttered Delmonico’s along with other great New York restaurants. Italian immigrant Oscar Tucci looked at the closed great brownstone former restaurant at 56 Beaver St and decided to open it himself — first as a speakeasy, then as a full continental restaurant that went on to welcome the famous, not-so-famous, and never famous to dine side by side and celebrate tradition and connection.
Max Tucci, Oscar Tucci’s grandson has returned as part of the team to reopen Delmonico’s and carry on his family’s traditions. Max’s story as he shares in this very special show recorded at Delmonico’s itself, is about great food to be sure but is about something more — it’s about honoring tradition and one’s ancestors which is the very best lens to consider history.
Carl is joined by special guest:
— Max Tucci, Best-selling author, celebrated restaurateur and media personality
LISTEN NOW: Delmonico’s: The Return of a Legend with Max Tucci
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The Delmonico Way: A Conversation with Max Tucci