Elaine Romagnoli, the creator of the notable New York lesbian bars Bonnie & Clyde’s, the Cubby Hole and Crazy Nanny’s, died on Oct.
28 at her home in Manhattan. She was 79. Her nephew Michael Berkowitz confirmed the death but did not specify a cause. Ms. Romagnoli was a sharp and charismatic businesswoman who worked her way up through Manhattan’s bars and restaurants before opening her own venues, which became watering holes for queer activists, artists and other patrons from all over the city.
In 1972, she turned a two-story space on Third Street in the West Village into Bonnie & Clyde’s, an eccentric nightclub with a restaurant on the second floor and a pool table.