Elaine's
The Rise of One of New York's Most Legendary Restaurants from Those Who Were There
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June 1, 2015
Restaurants are places to eat, but some few restaurants are about much more than food. Elaine's, for decades a fixture on New York City's Upper East Side, attracted crowds of celebrities from the entertainment industry as well as wannabes and people who simply craved proximity to the famous. George Plimpton, Norman Mailer, Elaine Stritch, and Woody Allen all hung out there. Paparazzi hovered at the restaurant's front door to capture candid shots of actors and writers coming and going. At the restaurant's center, the incomparable, tart-tongued owner, Elaine Kaufman, held forth, hopping from table to table and even eating off her customers' plates. Her jealous regard for customers' privacy made Elaine's a relatively safe haven. Penn has collected reminiscences of Elaine's from folks who made it a sort of second home. Their anecdotes give the rest of us brief access into the orbit of the notorious even when their stories reveal more about the storyteller than about Elaine's and its denizens.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)
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