Caffe Reggio on MacDougal Street

Since 1927 Caffe Reggio has served Italian pastries, sandwiches, pasta and "original cappuccino" to hungry Greenwich Village locals and tourists alike (as well as famous poets and folk music artists) . America's oldest cappuccino machine sits in a corner (original Reggio owner Dominic Parasi introduced cappuccino to the US with this very machine) , next to a table marked "reserved" which is never seated. Serpico, The Godfather, Shaft and John Huston's The Kremlin Letter were filmed here; Reggio still serves as a location for new films and TV commercials. Love the chicken sandwiches, espresso and profitto rolls...
From the Reggio site: Looking around the caffe as you sip an Original Cappuccino, you will notice a beautiful array of artwork, some of which date back to the Italian Renaissance period. A dramatic 16th century painting by the Roman master Caravaggio and an antique bench bearing the crest of the illustrious Medici family are among the works that impart a feeling of grace and warmth to Caffe Reggio.


Caffe Reggio proprietor and all around good guy F. Cavallacci...