Elaine's

Restaurant · Old Town

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Graydon Carter Thinks ‘Restaurants Are the Soul of the City’ | Eater NY

"I was having dinner with Roberto Benabib at Elaine’s one night," Carter told restaurateur John McDonald. "Roberto’s a television showrunner and he was about to do Weeds, I think." They saw a sign that it was for sale and they decided to buy it, an anecdote Carter uses to describe how some of his restaurant acquisitions began." - Melissa McCart

https://ny.eater.com/2025/4/2/24399123/graydon-carter-eater-interview-memoir-2025

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