ABSTRACT:

After all those years, why did Le Cirque add a number to its name? Was it because all the trendier places now have names with numbers?

Who knows, but some feel the 2000 addendum to Le Cirque 2000 could be the 25-year-old eatery’s expiration date, citing wide-eyed arrivistes encroaching on the venerable establishment, and the decor, a cross between the Vatican and Vegas.