Lorenzo Delmonico (1812–1881), restaurateur
The scion of a Swiss-Italian family that by 1840 had parlayed a modest New York confectionery shop into a series of admired restaurants, he oversaw the expansion of Delmonico’s into a restaurant noted for palatial ambience and undeviating attention to patrons’ wants, offering the grandest of la grande cuisine to a devoted clientele. Long after Delmonico’s demise during Prohibition, Delmonico’s still represents the pinnacle of American restaurant grandeur.
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