I didn’t know it at the time, but I was living down the road from a restaurant that would be an iconic restaurant-Raoul’s. Raoul’s was in Soho, at the corner of at the Art scene back in the day. It served the likes of Warhol. Andy would bring his crew of twelve or so to eat there.. The artwork hanging there was a mish mosh of amazing work, almost like the attic of Christie’s.
Places as these were never advertised publicly. YOU had to be in the know of what was cool, such as Raoul’s. If you knew such a place, you would only tell your favorite three friends.
When I walked by I knew that the steak au poivre., served there was too expensive for me. I was just barely getting by as a Fashion Textile designer back then. Even though, I lived a stone throw away from such a social place, it was out of reach.
For a delightful story about Raoul’s read below
https://www.grandlife.com/culture/culture/old-soho-love-poem-raouls/
WORDS Peter Foges
PHOTOGRAPHY courtesy of Raoul’s