{"product_id":"cafe-gitane-isobel-lola-brown-9781946022769","title":"Cafe Gitane: 30 Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGorgeously produced and full of fascinating interviews, profiles, and recipes, \u003ci\u003eCafé Gitane: 30 Years\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the vibrant downtown New York culture that thrived in the '90s and 2000s through the lens of an iconic institution nestled at its heart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the voices of patrons, artists, and locals who have frequented the beloved Cafe Gitane, readers are sent back to an analog New York, when NoLIta was still Little Italy, a quiet neighborhood tucked between SoHo and the Lower East Side, and downtown hummed with creative energy. Here a tiny, cosmopolitan French Moroccan cafe evolved into a cultural nexus: a meeting place and playground for everyone, from the most talented emerging artists to out-of-town visitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCafe Gitane: 30 Years\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to savor the sights, sounds, and tastes of an establishment that has left an unusually lasting mark on an ever-shifting city. It chronicles not just a unique café, but a creative community--and a microcosm of New York itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcNally Jackson Books, Nolita's neighborhood bookstore since 2004, is honored to be publishing this celebratory scrapbook. Indeed, Café Gitane commemorates the enduring spirit and connection shared by two downtown institutions and gathering places, whose entwined histories and evolutions help define the fabric of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isobel Lola Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1946022764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946022769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.20h x 9.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Isobel Lola Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47136533086463,"sku":"9781946022769","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82fcfb16-ee80-46f5-b334-b3a3cfa157ad.jpg?v=1755023633","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cafe-gitane-isobel-lola-brown-9781946022769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}