Check Out These Old NYC Coffee Shops, From The 1880s To 1980s

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<span class="http://www.cafereggio.com">Caffe Reggio, 1975</span>

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<span class="http://www.cafereggio.com">Caffe Reggio, 1978</span>

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Chock Full O'Nuts on Lexington Avenue and 86th Street, 1935.

La Casa del Cafe; coffee shop, 1962.

Rufus Story, dealer in coffee, 1881.

550 West 125th Street, 1932. Battle's Coffee Pot.

Coffee and donuts on the waterfront, May 1937.

8th Avenue and 23rd Street, Coffee Pot. February 28, 1926.

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King's Coffee and Teas, 288 Hudson Street, 1915.

Hotel Governor Clinton. Coffee room niche. October 15th, 1929. "With table set. Southeast corner of 31st Street and 7th Avenue."

Santa taking a coffee break, 1962.

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The Peacock, an Italian coffee house in New York. March 1953.

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