During his long, ongoing stewardship, the restaurant has
and continues to produce delicious, classic no-nonsense
French fare for a discerning clientele. From Park Avenue
matrons, leading decorators, religious leaders, business
people to the quintessential New Yorkers Jackie Mason
and Neil Simon, the restaurant, today, is the cozy domain
of devoted, loving habitu��s. Among them are Liz Smith,
Iris Love, Reverend John Andrew, Harry Hinson, I.M. Pei
and numerous others I have promised not to mention.
At no more than fourteen or fifteen tables, they gather
weekly and monthly in low voices, dining on starched
napery in a kind of charmed retreat.
Style maker Millicent Rogers brought her sons to Le
Veau d���Or. She and fellow decorator, Van Day Truex,
discussed her splendid rooms, fashion, Indian jewelry
and his life at Tiffany���s and in Paris there. Her son, Arturo
Peralta-Ramos, still dines at Le Veau d���Or. Recently he
and Catherine Treboux talked about Cherie Burns��� new
book about his mother, Searching for Beauty: The Life
of Millicent Rogers. Rogers and Truex represent much of
the spirit and ��lan of Le Veau d���Or���s circle.
Recently, at a small dinner given by Jane and Carleton
McMullin after the memorial service for her son, the late,
great decorator, Parkin Saunders, our fare included saucisson chaud en croute, vichyssoise, chopped endive
salad, escargots and artichoke for our first courses.
Filet mignon, boeuf bourguignon, coq au vin and sole
meuniere followed. Other favorites are tripes a la mode
HYLAND
