Caffe Reggio
Greenwich Village
New York
CAFFE REGGIO
The Movie
MACDOUGAL STREET
GREENWICH VILLAGE
DOMENICO PARISI
The Founding Father of CAFFE REGGIO
Domenico Opened Caffe Reggio in 1927
He had a Barbershop there before, but it was always his dream to open an Italian Caffe. He scraped together the money to buy an Italian Espresso Machine that cost $1,000. A huge some in 1927. He opened the caffe, which was the 1st caffe in America with a coffee machine like they had bacck in Italy, but America never had one, not until Domenico purchased his and brought it to Geenwich Village, New York.
Domenico Parisi was from Reggio Calabria in Calabria, Italy, near Sicily. This is where his caffe gets its name Caffe Reggio from.
Dominico's Magnificent Machine
Mr Cavalacci
With DOMENICO'S MAGNIFICENT MACHINE
The CAVALACCI FAMILY bought Caffe Reggio from the Parisi's in the late 1950s.
CAFFE REGGIO
Circa 1950s
NYC
CAFFE REGGIO
Photo Daniel Bellino Zwicke
Caffe Reggio
Painting from The SCHOOL of CARAVAGGIO (Upper Right Corner)
A RENAISSANCE BENCH
From a MEDICI PALACE
FLORENCE
This bench is a Museum Piece, but it is not roped-off as one would think. You can actually sit in it, sipping your Cappuccino, people watching, as you admire a painting from The School of Caravaggio and other antiques and artwork. It's just magnificent, and only in New York, as they say, could you sit in a Renaissance Bench.
"And not only that. Look what;s Next !"
A CEILING FAN From CASABLANCA
The GREATEST MOVIE of ALL-TIME
Starring : HUMPHREY BOGART , INGRID BERGMAN
SIDNEY GREENSTREET, PETER LORRE
and CLAUDE RAINES
Interview with FABRIZIO CAVALACCI
Owner of Caffe Reggio Since 1972
His Family bought the Caffe in 1955
Fabrizio tells the hsitory of Caffe Reggio. He said that before Dominic Parisi opened the caffe, he had a Barber Shop in the space. A Haircut was 10 Cents and took about 20 minutes to do one. Fabrizio says that Domenico's customers demanded a cup of Espresso with their haircut. After a while Domenico figured he'd open a caffe, as he could serve many more customers and make better profit than doing haircuts which he could only do 2 or 3 in an hour. And so Caffe Reggio was born in 1927 on Macdougal Street in Greenwich Village, New York.
AL PACINO
At CAFFE REGGIO
Christopher Walken
NEXT STOP GREENWICH VILLAGE
NEXT STOP GREENWICH VILLAGE
In The Movie SERPICO
AL PACINO plays Frank Serpico
Frank Serpico (in the Movie) lives on 5-7 MINETTA STREET
around the block from Caffe Reggio. In the movie, Serpico is taking Spanish Class at New York University, and one of his classmates, a girl says that she works at CAFFE REGGIO ...
SUNDAY SAUCE
ITALIAN IMMIGRANT RECIPES
SPAGHETTI SAUCE alla PACINO
SUNDAY SAUCE
CAFFE REGGIO
Painting by ELLEN BRADSHAW
