Original Oil by
Katya Held            

Caffe Vivladi
                                            
"Blending propriety with comfort and high culture
with egalitarian accessibility." –
Jazz Times

Live music, 7 days a week - No cover!
Grand Recital Piano, full bar, food, desserts, fireplace…

Where? In the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village at
Caffe Vivaldi,
32, Jones Street (Off Bleecker Street, near Seventh Avenue)

Email:
Listeningroom32@aol.com
(For a prompt response send us an email)
Tel:212-691-7538

How to get to Vivaldi?  Click here for directions


Performances at Vivaldi: Full Calendar here

Food:
Dinner Menu

"Caffe Vivaldi could be so many things at once: small, intimate, loud, a bar, a restaurant, a cafe, a place where artists collaborate, converge and showcase their not just one or two talents. Caffe Vivaldi is a spectrum of things. "
                                              -Rachel A, Yelp

Click on the bird at left for daily food specials; updates on who's playing, or go directly to http://www.twitter.com/vivaldimusic

Dinner Menu

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

Dinner Menu


TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCES FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2010
6-7pm
Cordelia Stephens
Rock /Folk

7-8pm
L
indsay Rakers Band
Folk
Rock / Americana / Pop


Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)

8:15-9:15pm
COLLECTIVE LANGUAGE
Presents a tribute to
THELONIOUS MONK
Adam Kromelow- Piano
Gregg Bendian - Percussion
Jon Irabagon - Saxophone



9:30-11pm
Juliana Riccardi

FAQ:
*Why this Yamaha recital grand piano at Caffe Vivaldi sounds so much better than most?

A:
Because it is tuned regularly.
(by a certified Yamaha piano tuner)




FAQS:
*Which movies were shot at Vivaldi?
A:
There are many, the most notable:


Woody (HIRSCHFELD)

- Woody Allen's
"WHATEVER WORKS"
Released last summer (2009).

- Woody Allen's
"BULLETS OVER BROADWAY"
Released in 1994.


Al Pacino's "Chinese Coffee" shot at  Caffe Vivaldi.

- Al Pacino's art movie,
 "CHINESE COFFEE"
Acted and directed by Al himself
(1990s).


     
  OPEN MIC NIGHT
6:30-11pm. Sign up:6pm
It is usually a very crowded event. Please get there early.
From 6:30-10pm a musician or a group gets to play 2 songs each.
From 10-11pm, it is 1 song per musician/group, to accommodate as many artists as possible.

"Caffe Vivaldi has the reputation of drawing some of the best songwriters around. Get there early
 for sign-up and get ready to be intimidated by the talent" -Kim Ruehl ("Open Mic Nights in New York City")