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"After shutting down after nearly a decade in 2020, neighborhood favorite Gaia Italian Cafe is close to reopening at its new address. Owner Gaia Bagnasacco, who formerly operated out of a subterranean space in the East Village, signed a lease at 119 Essex Street, near Rivington Street, last summer but it’s been a quiet few months since then." - Luke Fortney