As several readers noted, Disco Donut held forth here until 1985. (Photographer unknown. Photo via the NYC Nostalgia site.)
Travis also took Iris here for breakfast in "Taxi Driver."
Jeremiah Moss has more on this corner, including upstairs tenant Carmelita's Reception House, in this 2009 post.
After clubbing, Disco Donut was the joint. At 4 am they had quite a colorful crowd there. It was Times Square on 14th street.
ReplyDeleteListen, mister, it's your time. Fifteen minutes ain't long. When that cigarette burns out, your time is up.
ReplyDeleteI used to live across the street from Disco Donut; I sure miss those days!
ReplyDeleteI lived here then (and still do) and I'd totally forgotten about this place.
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ReplyDeleteOMG, what a photo. Thank you so much.
ReplyDeletesometime in late 80’s there was an after on the 2nd floor
ReplyDeleteDid underage Jodie Foster actually have to unzip Robert DeNiro's pants in Taxi Driver?? Theoretically yes, but my own suspicion is that an extra was substituted for her at the last second. Did 12-year-old Brooke Shields appear totally nude in Pretty Baby a few years later? Yes, and in my opinio, that is a crime!
ReplyDeleteI used to go to Lite Lounge at Carmelita’s above Disco Donut afterhours with friends to hang out and dance in the early 1980s. It was a party space that, depending on the day of the week and time, was an afterhours dance club, lesbian bar, private event space, or brothel, as I was told at the time. Fond memories of the EV in the good old, bad old days.
ReplyDelete@9:51 AM: I've lived here a VERY long time, and I'd take THOSE days over what we have now. That was when NYC was still NYC, not a bro-land "high tech" crib.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone remember this used to be Sams Pizza back in the 70s, I remember the fellow with the mustache who use to go the small electronic store two stores up. Sure miss those days.
ReplyDeleteDisco Donut! Haha. I would like to know the origin of its name (probably just catches your attention) and if it had any disco elements.
ReplyDeleteAnd, if anyone remembers in the late 80s there was an off- off-Broadway musical called "Tony and Tina's Wedding" that was held at Carmelita's. (The show, I see, has been staged in many different venues around the country.) But it was at Carmelita's first.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing “Tony and Tina’s Wedding” in Greenwich Village in 89. It was awesome, took a girl I was dating who was from the Midwest and she didn’t realize it was a play until it was almost over.🤣
DeleteFor years. YEARS. Disco donut had a salad and donut special. If you bought one you got the other. It always cracked me up. Still does.
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