When Guy Raoul, a French chef and his brother Serge, a TV journalist, opened up a bistro in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood 50 years ago, they didn’t just have to worry about making rent; they also faced mafia demands for protection money, their scion said.
It was a different world back then. The streets were often deserted, the buildings vacant. It was dangerous, and people sometimes disappeared, Serge Raoul’s son Karim Raoul told Side Dish this week.
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