Italian city street employs a coffee-maker… (7)
I believe the answer is:
barista
'a coffee-maker' is the definition.
(term for a cafe worker)
'italian city street employs' is the wordplay.
'italian city' becomes 'bari' (Bari is a city in Italy).
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'employs' becomes 'a' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'bari'+'st'+'a'='BARISTA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for barista that I've seen before include "Arabist (anag)" , "Coffee expert" , "Coffee servitor" , "coffee-shop employee" , "person serving drinks" .)