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What to expect
at Caffe Vivaldi.
Visit us and experience the charm of how
the Village used
to be in the days of Bob Dylan, Coltrane, Edgar
Allen Poe and others captured in the movies, and
documentaries shot at Vivaldi.
We offer the best of everything that the Village
is famous for:
Great Food:
All our supplies come
not from the giants of food industry but mostly
from the local legendary Village master food purveyors.
The freshly made
pasta we serve comes from Raffetto’s on Houston
Street. They have been making pasta daily for
over 100 years;
our fresh mozzarella cheese
comes from Joe’s Dairy on Sullivan Street, now
in their eighth decade of operation; chicken is
from the
Ottomanellis,operating
on Bleecker Street for almost six decades and
sea food from Lobster Place, also on Bleecker
Street and Chelsea food market.
Great Drinks:From our famous Irish coffee to Single malts and cocktails – we
have a full bar.
Great Live Music
No Cover:
This is
a live room
with a natural wood paneled interior.built for great sound for the best talent in
music performing here 7 days a week
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HUMOR
LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE
The legendary Unani* traditional doctor and Indian Muslim nationaist Hakim Ajmal Khan (1863-1927) used to say that one must laugh a lot and listen to music - Indian Khayal (Raags) to heal the body and soul.
....so, fast forward to 21st century, and here's another one to the memory of Hakim Ajmal:
Traveling down the interstate and needing to use the restroom,
I stopped at a rest area and headed to the restroom.
I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying:
"Hi, how are you?"
I'm not the type to start a conversation in the restroom and I don't know what got into me, But I answered, somewhat embarrassed,
"Doin' just fine!"
And the other person says:
"So what are you up to?"
What kind of question is that? At that point, I'm thinking this is too bizarre so I say:
"Uhhh, I'm like you, just traveling!" ??
At this point I am just trying to get out as fast as I can when I hear another question.
"Can I come over?"
Ok, this question is just too weird for me but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation. I tell them
"No..I'm a little busy right now!!!"
Then I hear the person say nervously...
"Listen, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions .
Cell phones, don't you just love them !
*Though effective, inexpensive and easily available, the Unani system of medicine still continues to lurk on the fringes of alternative healing, perhaps due to its unfamiliarity or due to its Muslim associations. |
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