Serge Raoul, an Alsatian-born former filmmaker who with his brother, Guy, a classically trained chef, founded Raoul’s, a clubby French bistro and SoHo canteen in Lower Manhattan that drew generations of artists, rock stars, writers, models, machers and movie people — along with those who yearned to be near them — died on March 8 at his home in Nyack, N.Y.
The cause was a glioblastoma, said his son, Karim Raoul.
Serge was on hiatus from making documentaries and Guy had been working as a chef uptown when Serge set out to find him a restaurant.
A friend thought Luizzi’s, a cozy and well-worn spaghetti and meatballs joint on Prince Street between Sullivan and Thompson, might be for sale.
As it turned out, the owners, Ida and Tom Luizzi, were happy to make a deal if it included the provisions that Mr. Luizzi could drop in every day and that Inky the cat could stay.
Persons:
Serge Raoul, Guy, —, Karim Raoul, Raoul’s, Serge, Luizzi’s, Sullivan, Thompson, Ida, Tom Luizzi, Luizzi
Organizations:
Prince
Locations:
Alsatian, French, Lower Manhattan, Nyack, N.Y, SoHo