Everyone Comes to Elaine's: Forty Years of Movie Stars, All-Stars, Literary Lions, Financial Scions, Top Cops, Politicians, and Power Brokers at the Legendary Hot Spot

by A.E. Hotchner

Pull up a seat. You’re invited to the best spot in Elaine’s, the Upper East Side bar and restaurant owned by quirky restaurateur Elaine Kaufman. A true Manhattan original, Elaine nurtured young, hungry writers, artists, and performers who matured into the likes of Woody Allen, Jack Nicholson, Andy Warhol, and Norman Mailer. In Everyone Comes to Elaine's, you'll find meaty morsels on American icons, including Jackie O., Judy, and Liza, and first-hand accounts of the night Frank Sinatra snubbed The Godfather author, Mario Puzo, and the time that Mia Farrow asked Michael Caine to introduce her to Woody Allen. Everyone Comes to Elaine's is an insider's view of a cultural scene that closed it's doors officially in 2011, after the death of Elaine Kaufman, hostess and New York legend. There's no one better to to have told these great tales than award-winning author A. E. Hotchner, who was there all along.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2004

About the author

Aaron Edward Hotchner was an American editor, novelist, playwright, and biographer. He wrote many television screenplays as well as a biography of Ernest Hemingway. He co-founded with Paul Newman the charity food company Newman's Own.

Reviews

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This place sounds great. I wish I had such a community...maybe without so many drunks and fistfights, but a community nonetheless.

[Ken Proudfoot · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic stories of a huge number of writers, actors, chefs, and other characters who made Elaine's restaurant in NYC their home and hangout. Stories collected and edited by Hemingway friend and Paul Newman food partner, A.E. Hotchner. A page turner of a memoir.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked it up at the Mirror Lake Library book sale yesterday, mostly because I thought Elaine's only existed in Stone Barrington novels. And - I had enjoyed Hotchner's book about Paul Newman. It was a quick, fun read.

[Lo · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hate dishy celeb books that have no DISH! B O R I N G. Still this was a nice way to pass the time while waiting to be seen by the dentist (who by the way is not the least bit attractive.)

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous. Fascinating. I never went.

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anecdotes about the goings on at the celebrity hangout/eatery.