Mortimer's: Moments In Time

by Robin Baker Leacock

Overview

Take a trip down memory lane to witness 22 years (1976-1998) of Mortimer’s, one of the most notable restaurant hotspots that ever existed for an international celebrity clientele. Found in these pages is a feast of ephemera, including menus, recipes, invitations, proprietor Glenn Birnbaum’s personal letters, and publicity clips. Overall, the book provides a glimpse into the culture, food, entertainment, fashion, and basic social intercourse during the heyday of the New York social scene.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943876211
Publisher:	G Editions LLC
Publication date:	05/17/2022
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	10.30(w) x 12.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Robin Baker Leacock is a documentary filmmaker whose credits include It Girls (WE Television, 2002) and I’ll Take Manhattan (2010). Her films have screened at the Berlin, Hamptons, and Montreal Film Festivals. She is married to filmmaker Robert Leacock, who shot Madonna’s Truth or Dare, and whose father, the late Richard Leacock, was a pioneer in cinema verité documentaries.

Mary Hilliard is a photographer with over 30 years of experience photographing celebrities, socialites, world leaders and fashion icons. Her work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Town & Country, Quest, and more. She has traveled extensively, photographing everything from Barbara Walters in the Rainbow Room to Malcom Forbes in Tangier.

Robert Caravaggi is the founder and co-owner of Swifty’s restaurant, formerly based in New York and now stationed in the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach. He was also the former longtime maître d’ of Mortimer’s, working closely with owner and friend Glenn Bernbaum.