IFC Center

For 41 years, the Cornelia Street Café was a Village fixture, a great place to go, whether to relax with friends and a bottle of wine, or to write at a corner table, fueled by excellent coffee. Downstairs, on its diminutive stage, Suzanne Vega might be trying out a new song, Oliver Sacks presenting a science evening, Eve Ensler directing an early performance of The Vagina Monologues. David Amram played regular gigs in what he called “the Cornelia Street Stadium.”