 Caffe Cino shows received little major press, a notable exception being the trade paper "Show Business", where married critics Joyce and Gordon Tretick risked their jobs by promoting the Caffe Cino and other off-off-Broadway venues.Downtown, critic and playwright Michael Smith and other "Village Voice "writers were supportive.They awarded a shared Obie to Joe Cino and Ellen Stewart, founder of La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, in 1965.