Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Filipino pop-up restaurant Maharlika now open on First Avenue

As of last Friday, Filipino pop-up restaurant Maharlika is now in "soft open" mode here at 111 First Ave. near Seventh Street...


Grub Street first brought news of this arrival back on July 22 ... Co-founder Nicole Ponseca previously oversaw a Maharlika brunch pop-up inside of Resto Leon on East 12th Street...

Anyway! Here's a look at part of the menu...


And, to fit into the current East Village climate, there's a happy hour....


This is the second Filipino restaurant to debut on First Avenue this year ... Sa Aming Nayon opened in the former Wai? Cafe space in June.

And this is the third or so eatery to take this space in the last few years... there was Absinthe, Lautrec Bistro and Lingua ...

4 comments:

Lux Living said...

$7 for a cocktail? That's not happy hour, that's regular hour.

Anonymous said...

We hear ya....beers now 3. Well 5. House drinks 7. Thanks for the comment! Happier hour.

T.E.V.B. said...

Filipino food is so hot right now. RIP Elvie's Turo-Turo.

Anonymous said...

Maharlika is very good- tasty from the well balanced and suitably strong cocktails all the way through the food and sauces. Go or wish you had.

Sa Aming Nayon-- totally bland and tasteless. If you ever wondered what those display dishes in restaurant windows that are made of rubber taste like, go there and wish you hadn't.