175 Bleecker Street
also 173 Bleecker Street | Greenwich Village | built 1888
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- 1960
Agustin de Mello runs the Dragon's Den coffeehouse, with folk music, poetry, jazz and comedy
In the early 1960s the ground floor of 175 Bleecker Street housed the Dragon's Den, a Village coffeehouse offering a blend of comedy, jazz, poetry readings and folk music. The proprietor, Agustin de Mello, held a black belt in karate and played flamenco guitar. He later became known as the father of Adragon De Mello, who in 1988 became the youngest person in the United States to earn a bachelor's degree, and as an overly ambitious one.
“During the early 1960s, this was the location of the Dragon's Den, a coffeehouse ... The proprietor, Agustin de Mello, a karate black belt and Flamenco guitarist…”
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