Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Storefront reveal: Raf's at the former Parisi Bakery on Elizabeth Street

Workers have removed the plywood from outside 290 Elizabeth St. between Bleecker and Houston, where the owners of the Michelin-starred Musket Room down the street are opening a new café at the former home of Parisi Bakery. 

Raf's "aims to evoke the grand cafés of Europe and create an intimate space for café culture downtown," per Forbes. The new space will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Raf's will also be making use of Parisi's "immaculately preserved built-in bread ovens." Eater has a preview here. 

Reservations for Raf's start this week. 

ICYMI: Parisi Bakery, a sibling of the famed Mott Street institution, closed in the summer of 2021. The Elizabeth Street outpost had produced all of its bread for restaurants and groceries since 1974.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 7, 2023 at 8:37 PM

    This is awesome. Love this little stretch of Elizabeth St., with Tom & Jerry’s next door.

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  2. GlammaMarch 9, 2023 at 1:03 AM

    what is awesome about losing an integral affordable nyc institution thats been there since 1974 and replacing it with some rich people bullshit??

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  3. AnonymousMarch 16, 2023 at 8:31 AM

    wasn’t there a Parisi Bakery outpost on 4th street just west of 1st Ave? I loved their pistachio cupcakes

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