Caffe Vivaldi

He opened a newsstand and variety store, selling international journals, newspapers and magazines, around the corner from where Caffe Vivaldi stands.

[2] Nobel Prize winner Joseph Brodsky, who received his award in literature in 1997, gave press interviews at Caffe Vivaldi.

Mondays at Caffe Vivaldi are Open Mic night,[2] where singers such as Marcus Mumford and Oscar Isaac[10] had surprise performances.

[12] On February 27, 2013, Judge Lynn R. Kotler of the New York City Civil Court heard the case and declared Caffe Vivaldi to be a "cultural institution".

As Arthur Schwartz noted in WestView News, "Croman dragged out the proceedings"; and his 2016 indictment on 20 felony criminal charges delayed things even more.