Gorgeously produced and full of fascinating interviews, profiles, and recipes, Café Gitane: 3 Years tells the story of the vibrant downtown New York culture that thrived in the '9s and 2s through the lens of an iconic institution nestled at its heart.
Through the voices of patrons, artists, and locals who have frequented the beloved Cafe Gitane, readers are sent back to an analog New York, when NoLIta was still Little Italy, a quiet neighborhood tucked between SoHo and the Lower East Side, and downtown hummed with creative energy. Here a tiny, cosmopolitan French Moroccan cafe evolved into a cultural nexus: a meeting place and playground for everyone, from the most talented emerging artists to outoftown visitors.
Cafe Gitane: 3 Years invites readers to savor the sights, sounds, and tastes of an establishment that has left an unusually lasting mark on an evershifting city. It chronicles not just a unique café, but a creative community—and a microcosm of New York it