Birthplace of Oysters Rockefeller Antoines Letter By Roy Alciatore Mueller COA
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Antoine Alciatore gave us the restaurant bearing his name. His son Jules gave us such classic dishes as oysters Rockefeller.
But Roy Alciatore -- son of Jules, grandson of Antoine -- gave us something else. With an elegant bearing and a knack for theater, he had a firm grip on the "grand" part of the grand dining experience, using it to burnish Antoine's reputation as one of the city's most fashionable places to eat.
He created the Rex room, where real royalty (the Duke and Duchess of Windsor) and faux royalty (Rex) dined. He even appeared as himself in Frances Parkinson Key's 1948 novel Dinner at Antoine's. For four decades, he was the public face of New Orleans' most famous restaurant -- which, through force of personality, he would only make more famous.