Elaine's

Elaine's
Restaurant information
Established	1963
Closed	2011
City	New York City
County	Manhattan
State	New York
Postal code/ZIP	10128
Country	United States

Elaine's was a bar and restaurant in New York City that existed from 1963 to 2011. It was frequented by many celebrities, especially actors and authors. It was established and owned by, and named after, Elaine Kaufman, who was indelibly associated with the restaurant; Elaine's shut down several months after Kaufman died.

Elaine's was located on the Upper East Side, near the corner of 2nd Avenue and East 88th Street in Manhattan.

Established in 1963, Elaine's is famed both for the writers and other prominent New Yorkers such as Woody Allen, William J. Bratton, Jared Faber, Mia Farrow, Clay Felker, Helen Frankenthaler, Joseph Heller, Peter Maas, Norman Mailer, Robert Motherwell, Chris Noth, George Plimpton, Mario Puzo, Sally Quinn, Daniel Simone, Mark Simone, Gay Talese, Tom Wolfe and Sidney Zion, who had been regulars over the years, and for its late chain-smoking namesake and proprietress Elaine Kaufman, who ran the restaurant for over four decades. Other visitors to the establishment included Leonard Bernstein, Michael Caine, Kirk Douglas, Clint Eastwood, Mick Jagger, Willie Nelson, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Luciano Pavarotti, Eli Wallach and Elaine Stritch, who served as bartender in 1964.

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