Dan Cirucci: Starr Shines Bright

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Starr Shines Bright

Will Stephen Starr be bringing one of his hugely successful restaurant brands to the Cherry Hill Mall?
We don't know.
We can't say for sure.
But one of the restaurants now being constructed at the Mall certainly appears to be (at least from the outside) a Starr brand.
In any event, we do know that Starr has opened his newest eatery Butcher and Singer at 1500 Walnut St. on the site of the former Striped Bass.
We attended the huge gala opening of Butcher and Singer last week and found ourselves in the midst of a crowd of luminaries including Starr himself. We also spotted Mayor Michael Nutter, CBS 3 Meteorlogist Doug Kammerer and his lovely wife, Holly; Food Channel Host Marc Summers; Dechert worldwide PR maven Mark Tarasiewicz; Philly Super Lawyer Scott Sigman; Big Time Special Events Exec Nicole Cashman, City Paper's Mary Patel, Philadelphia Tribune's Bobbi Booker and many others.
At the event (which featured plenty of Adult Beverages) we enjoyed steak tartare; fresh, icy, jumbo shrimp; lobster salad; sauteed mushrooms; homemade carrot cake, pecan pie and chocolate mousse.
We also chatted with B & S Maitre d Raj (transplanted from The Palm by way of Barclay Prime). Raj is one of the city's finest hosts and he is a great asset at this new eatery.
And we met Executive Chef Shane Cash who came to B & S from legendary Shelly's Steak House in Manhattan. Cash has lots of great ideas for Buthcher and Singer whose historic location dates back to the early 1900's when it was the site of the National bank before becoming the Butcher and Singer stock brokerage house. Now, the dramatic space features 28-foot ceilings, seductive leather Hollywood booths, bold draperies and two magnificent chandeliers rescued from the original Fontainbleau Hotel in Miami.
This spectacular new steak and chop house is inspired by clubs such as 21 Club in New York, the brown derby in Los Angeles and Philadelphia's Frankie Bradley's

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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