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Musical Interlude
This building adjacent to the Long Island Railroad is the Bliss Gourmet Cafe which opened in October of 1988. Bliss is not the first coffee house to occupy the premises. In the 1960's, it was home to The Interlude
Cafe, which featured folk performers on Friday and
Saturday nights. Thursday was an open mike hoot, and you didn't have to
pay the 50 cent cover if you had the courage to get up and sing a song or two. The limit was three. Jose Feliciano, Phil Ochs, and Al Cooper (later of Blood
Sweat & Tears) were some of those who performed there. When The Interlude closed, Bernard Titowsky took over the premises and, ran it as a book store until 1984. From 1948 - 1960, this space was the Bergen Family pearl stringing and knotting business.
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