Gaia Italian Cafe

"There are some other places I’ve been going to for years, like Gaia Italian Café on Houston. That woman is incredible. Hot young guys working for this cool woman. The pricing is so reasonable to the point that I don’t know how they afforded to stay open."

"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