Elaine Kaufman, and the New York Restaurant She Made

<p>What was it about ELAINE KAUFMAN that made so many people love her and her New York City bar and Italian restaurant? It wasn&rsquo;t just the food. Even some of her most loyal customers and devoted friends would admit you could get better food elsewhere.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:341/0*fEKZL1gMer7dBBq1" style="height:163px; width:310px" /></p> <p>Elaine Kaufman</p> <p>It was something about Elaine herself, and the ambiance she created.</p> <p>In 1963, Elaine was a hard-working, chain-smoking 34-year-old from a Russian-Jewish immigrant family in the Bronx. She paid $11,000 to buy a somber-looking Austro-Hungarian bar, at 1703 Second Avenue, near 88th Street on the East Side of Manhattan, and decided to add a restaurant to it.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@andrewszanton/elaine-kaufman-and-the-new-york-restaurant-she-made-21e47f8f371"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>