is a new york city coffeehouse first opened in 1927 at 119 macdougal street in the heart of manhattan s greenwich village . italian cappuccino was introduced in america by the founder of caffe reggio domenico parisi in the early 1920s . 1 inside the cafe against the back wall there is still the original espresso machine made in 1902 that domenico parisi bought with his savings when he opened the cafe in 1927 . interior 2012 the caffe reggio has been featured in many movies including the godfather part ii next stop greenwich village the kremlin letter shaft serpico the next man in good company inside llewyn davis and others . many celebrities have been spotted or photographed in this location . in 1959 presidential hopeful john f. kennedy made a speech outside the coffee shop . in 2010 the cafe was honored with a village award 2 by the greenwich village society for historic preservation for its status as a beloved and essential part of the neighborhood . caffe reggio has a bench from a palazzo of the florentine medici family of renaissance fame . the bench is not roped off and guests can sit on it and admire a painting from an artist of the school of caravaggio . references edit caffe reggio home page . retrieved 4 june 2016 . 20th annual village awards . gvshp.org . greenwich village society for historic preservation . retrieved 29 may 2015 . external links edit official website caffe reggio on twitter caffee reggio in films ; a photo of al pacino at caffe reggio by annie leibovitz coordinates 40 43 49 n 74 00 01 w 40.730287 n 74.000328 w 40.730287 ; 74.000328 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title caffe reggio & oldid 742365520 categories coffee houses of the united statesbuildings and structures in manhattan1927 establishments in new yorkespressodrinking establishments in greenwich villagehidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 07 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view