| |  | Cafe Gitane | | | “If you can brave the long lines of Sigerson Morrison addicts, you’ll find decent French-Moroccan food at this cute Nolita hipster hangouts.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Southern / Soul, Moroccan, African, French |
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| | | | | | Having lunch at Cafe Gitane is like stepping into a scene that is as constant as winter days are long. It is always packed, the crowd is always a little Euro and the food is always decently edible. French-Moroccan restaurants are rare enough around here so the change of pace is nice. The spiced mea... Read More | | | | | | Yesterday afternoon I met up with my three girlfriends from work for a snack and a chat at Cafe Gitane in the Soho/Nolita area. Cafe Gitane is an extremely precious coffee shop-slash-cafe-slash-doll house. It oozes cutesiness, if that makes sense. And even if it doesn't. Exterior tables, in the swe... Read More | | | | | | "We get a lot of the Australian community, like Nicole Kidman."Photo: Melissa Hom Roman Deingruber was painting for the building super when he learned of a job at Cafe Gitane, the French-Moroccan restaurant that’s a refuge for Nolita hipsters when it’s not mobbed by Soho shoppers on weeke... Read More | | | | | | Big bowls of cafe latte, delicious eggs baked in a tomato cream sauce. Love the hummus layered dip with pita. Service can be "aloof", but it's a great place to hang out on a sat/sunday afternoon. A few outdoor seats too. Read More | | | | | | "I’ve had people bite my head off to where you’re not able to serve them."Photo: Melissa Hom After serving as a barista at Cafe Gitane, Jonathan Meyer joined the opening team as a server at RUB, New York’s pick for Best Barbecue. “It was a huge change,” he tells us. “I didn’t know anything... Read More | | | | | | One of the many mystifying things about Manhattan real estate is that occasionally, even in the most heavily trafficked and gentrified neighborhoods, a dusty old alley turns up that no one had noticed before. The last time this happened was when Freemans opened—suddenly Freeman Alley materialized ou... Read More | | | | | | I was initially put off by the word "Catering" on the Prince Street Cafe sign -- not the most alluring word for a hangout -- but now I'm thinking this may be a ruse to keep crowds out. Not the smartest business plan, perhaps -- but on the eastern edge of Prince Street, it doesn't hurt to s... Read More | | | |
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