Elaine’s, the celebrity hang-out is gone, today, as are many Manhattan spots…It was an Italian Restaurant on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Elaine, its ever-present owner/hostess, was beloved by her celebrity followers. Elaine was not beautiful or a glamour doll, she was plain, heavy -set and wore thick glasses. Plain, ordinary but worshipped by her gang of artists, actors and writers. Perhaps a la Gertrude Stein?
