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A vintage 1903 espresso machine at a Village cafe (2012)
Sure Starbucks was the first retailer to mass market cappuccinos, lattes, and other espresso concoctions. But it was Caffe Reggio, a dimly lit place with an old-school Bohemian atmosphere at 113 Ma…
But it was Caffe Reggio, a dimly lit place with an old-school Bohemian atmosphere at 113 Macdougal Street, which brought the first espresso machine to America in 1927, introducing New York to Italian coffee drinks. “When he could no longer barber, he got together his savings, $1,000, and sent them to Italy for the machine magnificent, topped with an angel, its base surrounded with dragons.” This little curio shop of a coffee house boasts of “a dramatic 16th century painting from the school of Caravaggio and an antique bench which once belonged to the Medici family.”
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