The original espresso machine from 1902 still sits against the back wall at Caffe Reggio, where Domenico Parisi introduced Italian cappuccino to America nearly a century ago. Renaissance artwork, a Medici family bench, and unchanged bohemian charm have drawn everyone from Beat poets to film crews—the café appears in The Godfather Part II, Serpico, and Inside Llewyn Davis. Sip a cappuccino beneath the same tin ceiling that sheltered Greenwich Village's creative legends.
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