Bleecker & Carmine Greenwich Village

 

Bleecker & Carmine

A painting by Ashcan Artist George Luks

GREENWICH VILLAGE

NEW YORK

1915

1960s New York

 

1960s NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY MAP

The BEATLES on The ED SULLIVAN SHOW

February 1964

Thousands of overwhelmingly female, hyperventilating fans converged upon Pan Am Flight 101 when it landed at Kennedy Airport, hoping to catch a glimpse of John, Paul, George and Ringo. The “Fab Four,” who had just skyrocketed to the top of the charts with “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” were poised to conquer American radio waves and the hearts of eager teens from coast to coast.

By simply taking their first steps on American soil, the adorable, coiffed lads from Liverpool started a near-riot. Their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, two days later, solidified the beginnings of musical and cultural revolutions and the Beatles’ place as rock ‘n roll royalty. On August 15, 1965, the wildly popular foursome continued their love affair with New York fans by performing rock music’s first stadium concert to record-breaking crowds at Shea Stadium.

A Couple Girls in MINI-SKIRTS

The ELECTRIC CIRCUS

SAINT MARKS PLACE

NYC

1967

Brigitte Bardot

Kennedy Airport

1965

JOHN JOHN Goes to SCHOOL

JACKIE KENNEDY walks her son

JFK Jr. to School

New York, NY 

1968

Mickey Mantle

Yankee Stadium

Bronx, New York

1967

The 1964 WORLDS FAIR

NEW YORK

The FORD PAVILLION

NEW YORK WORLDS FAIR

The Ford MUSTANG was Introduced at the FAIR

SUNDAY SAUCE

WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK

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JOE NAMATH

The NY JETS Win SUPER BOWL III

January 12, 1969

The METS Win The WORLD SERIES

SHEA STADIUM

1969

The 1969 / 70 NEW YORK KNICKS

NBA WORLD CHAMPIONS

1964 FORD MUSTANG

$2,368

Ford Mustang

1964

"MAN LANDS on the MOON"

NEIL ARMSTRONG is the 1st MAN to WALK on The MOON

July 16th 1969

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"Forget that CRAP at STARBUCKS"

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Greenwich Village Italian Tour

 

JOHN'S PIZZERIA

GREENWICH VILLAGE ITALIAN FOOD TOUR

With BESTSELLING ITALIAN COOKBOOK AUTHOR

DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

SUNDAY SAUCE

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My GREENWICH VILLAGE Tours

AL PACINO

At CAFFE REGGIO

GREENWICH VILLAGE ITALIAN FOOD TOUR

by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

3 Minute GREENWICH VILLAGE TOUR

by ITALIAN COOKBOOK AUTHOR

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NEW YORK ITALIAN GREENWICH VILLAGE

TOUR by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

SUNDAY SAUCE

ITALIAN AMERICA'S FAVORITE RECIPES

DINNER at BAR PITTI

With Best Selling Italian Cookbook Author

Daniel Bellino Zwicke

LUNCH at BAR PITTI

With Author DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

ITALIAN RECIPES

JOE'S DAIRY Fresh MOZZARELLA

Was JIMMY THE CHEESEMAN'S SHOP

In "The POPE of GREENWICH VILLAGE"

The POPE of GREENWICH VILLAGE

Starring MICKEY ROURKE and ERIC ROBERTS

with TONY MUSSANTE & DARYL HANNAH

GREENWICH VIALLGE ITALIAN

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

The BEST ITALIAN RECIPE EVER !

RAGU BOLOGNES

by DANNY BOLOGNESE

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Dylan Thomas and The WHITE HORSE TAVERN

White Horse Tavern

Greenwich Village

We've lost far too many great old restaurants, bars, and hsitorical buildings over the years, thankfully a few have survived, like John's of East 12th Street, McSorley's Ale House, Th Old Town Bar, and the White Horse Tavern, which recently changed ownership and had New Yorker's worried we'd lose another great old joint. In the past few years, sadly we lost DeRobertis Italian Pastry Shop and Lanza's Restaurant two doors away from DeRobertis. This great old Sicilian-American food establishments were both more than 110 years old before shuttering their doors for the final time. It's an absolute "Sin" we lost these two great old Italian spots, that are irreplaceable.

Well back to the White Horse Tavern on Hudson Street in Greenwich Village. Yes we all had quite a scare when the White Horse closed a few months ago. Luckily, it was just temporary. The new owners have re-opened the place and promise to keep the charming old decor much the same, though the type of food and place the White Horse will be, is going to change. We here, the place is going to have a more upscale (expensive) menu, akin to places like Minetta Tavern and what Chumley's became, after the building collapsed, was re-built, then Chumley's was re-opened not as the modest (inexpensive) casual old bar of Greenwich Village that it was its whole life, it re-opened as another Minetta Tavern / Waverly Inn wannabe (expensive). Cocktails are $15, tax and tip, which comes to about $20 a drink. That's not cheap. Three  drinks there will cost you about Sixty Dollars. Dylan Thomas would be appalled.

Now we have nothing against these higher-priced restaurants that take over great old Greenwich Village spots (or do we), we're just reporting, and stating facts. The facts are, that you can't get a cheaper dinner at these place, and so they are just about prohibitive to a certain portion of the population. No longer spots for starving artists, writers, or Beat Poets.

Now  a little on the history of the beloved White Horse Tavern of Greenwich Village. The bar opened in 1880, at which time it was primarily a bar that longshoremen, sailors, and other blue-collar workers frequented. In the 1950s the White Horse Tavern (nicknamed "Horse") had become favored by writers, artists, and poets. One poet in particular who frequented the White Horse was the Welsh Poet Dylan Thomas, who after having 18 shots of Whiskey at "The Horse," collapsed outside in front of the White Horse, and was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital nearby, where he later died. Jack Kerouac, Anis Ninn, Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, James Baldwin, and Mary Travers (of Peter Paul & Mary) also frequented the White Horse Tavern over the years.

Dylan Thomas

At the Bar

At The WHITE HORSE TAVERN

"The HORSE"

GREENWICH VILLAGE

NEW YORK

The WHITE HORSE TAVERN

NY NY

The White Horse Tavern

Circa 1920s

Dylan Thomas

Behind The Bar

At "The HORSE"

Greenwich Village

NEW YORK

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History Caffe Reggio Italian Coffee

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

CAFFE REGGIO

GREENWICH VILLAGE'S ORIGINAL COFFEE HOUSE

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 ...

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