Does the Poor Italian Cafe in Seattle still exist? - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers I don't think it does, or at least not where it used to be. In the fall of 2001pPartners Marco Casas Beaux (Gitano) and Marianne Zdobysz (Madison Park Cafe), took over the former Poor Italian Cafe and turned it into an Argentine-style grill or parrilla. B.A. Grill's focus is red meat -- es... uk.answers.yahoo.com