Swifty’s co-sponsored charitable events including the annual Fete de Swifty’s, which benefited the mayoral-backed NY City Family Justice Initiative. Find 63rd Annual Academy Awards After Party At Spagos Hosted By Swifty Lazar stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images.
Moon-landing astronaut Buzz Aldrin often went unrecognized at a small front-room table.Ĭhef Stephen Attoe, who was also an owner, earned accolades from the James Beard Society for his spirited American cooking. Swifty’s was also a favorite of top cop Bill Bratton, who favored the clubby back room with his wife, Rikki Klieman. Has played both Truman Capote in Infamous (2006) and Capotes agent Irving Paul Swifty Lazar in Frost/Nixon (2008). She recalled, “Once I was in the back room next to Judy Collins, who talked to me like we were old friends.” “I loved going there because you never knew who you’d see,” said a teary-eyed regular who didn’t want to be named. Talent Agent Irving Swifty Lazar and wife Mary Lazar attend 20th Century Fox Party for Marvin Davis on Maat Chasens Restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. Neighborhood residents as well as high-society swells and celebrities. Swifty’s opened in 1999 as a successor to Mortimer’s, the snooty “society” spot a few blocks north where Caravaggi ran the front of the house. “We have the nicest, most loyal customers in the world and wonderful employees,” a shattered Caravaggi told The Post. Its demise followed the year-end shuttering of other big-name Manhattan places, including Costata, Ocean Grill, City Hall, Devid Burke Townhouse and Fishtail. Swifty’s, on Lexington Avenue near East 72nd Street, was an Upper East Side institution for 16 years. Seymour Lazar, a flamboyant Hollywood lawyer who hobnobbed with his celebrity clients and who made and lost millions as a stock trader before pleading guilty to obstruction of justice at age. She co-starred the year before in Dick Tracy, which received seven Oscar nominations. He cited Swifty’s limited floor space and lack of a bar, along with rising costs and a looming lease expiration, for the closure. Madonna and Jackson arrive at Irving Swifty Lazar’s annual Oscar Night party in 1991 at Spago. “The business climate has not been conducive to a little restaurant like ours,” co-owner Robert Caravaggi said.
The uptown boldface mecca - named for a beloved pug that took its moniker from Hollywood agent Swifty Lazar - served its last meal to heartbroken regulars including designer Michael Kors, cosmetics entrepreneur Aerin Lauder and real estate broker Serena Boardman. Swifty’s barked its last on Wednesday night.
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