Elaine Lillian Romagnoli (April 22, 1942 – October 28, 2021) was an American businesswoman and community leader.
She founded and ran successful restaurants and lesbian bars, including Bonnie & Clyde's, The Cubby Hole, and Crazy Nanny's in New York City.
[1][2] Romagnoli became a well-known figure in New York's West Village neighborhood in 1972 as hostess of Bonnie & Clyde's, a lesbian bar owned by Louis Corso;[3] she welcomed a celebrity clientele including Gloria Steinem and Yoko Ono, and held fundraisers and other community events.
[4] She also ran a restaurant, Bonnie's by the Bay, in New Suffolk, and a tapas bar called Sunset Strip.
[1] Romagnoli was active in the North Fork Women for Women Fund on the East End of Long Island, NY; during her term as its president in 2000, the organization held North Fork's first Gay Pride Dance at a vineyard, Castello de Borghese.