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Friday, July 26, 2013

【紐約・飲】被中國城吞吃之小義大利咖啡雜貨店: NOLITA MART Espresso Bar & Gourmet Market



這幾年來,和紐約中國城比鄰而居的小義大利已經成為弱勢,幾乎只能靠每年固定的義大利夜市,吊掛在街頭的"Little Italy"字樣,還有集中的義式餐廳來提醒大家它的存在,整個區塊已經逐漸被大量進駐的華裔移民吞吃。所以當初在找這家店時是帶著困惑的心情,因為周圍都是華人開的中藥店、魚販,NOLITA MART Espresso Bar & Gourmet Market 妙手足療的隔壁,有點難想像一間這樣風格的咖啡店會開在這兒。NOLITA是NOrth of Little ITAly的簡稱,這間店也位於小義大利北區,周圍卻都是中文招牌,因此形成了有趣的衝突感。

As Chinatown's closeby neighborhood, Little Italy has become smaller and smaller, and only those Italian restaurants, regular street fairs that happens every year along with a sign that says "Little Italy" could remind us its existence. The whole area is slowly being occupied by Chinese migrants. Therefore, I was quite confused when I was looking for this coffee place due to the fact that all the stores around were opened by Chinese! Herbal medicine shop, fish shop ...and  NOLITA MART Espresso Bar & Gourmet Market was right next to a foot massage place, so it was kind of hard for me to imagine the market being here. NOLITA is short for NOrth of Little ITAly, but as mentioned before, being surrounded by signboards in Chinese created an interesting contrast with the vibe of the mart. 
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