Monday, June 24, 2013

On East 9th Street, Tacos Morelos taking over Empanadas Bar space

The Empanadas Bar that took over the former Itzocan Café space on East Ninth Street has closed ...

...and the sign on the door notes that the Queens-based Tacos Morelos, which serves delicious food from the cart on Second Street and Avenue A, will be moving in soon...

No word on if this means the end of the cart on Second and A... (hopefully not...)

Thanks to East Ninth Street neighbor Michael Sullivan of WINESHOP for the tip...
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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 24, 2013 at 6:07 AM

    Yalza! Love the cart. Love the new location. Less Piggy, more Morelos for the waist line.

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  2. AnonymousJune 24, 2013 at 8:14 AM

    HOORAY!! So glad they are movin on up. Their food really is delicious. We eat from them at least once a week (and on this last Saturday and Sunday in fact!).

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  3. BaHaJune 24, 2013 at 8:45 AM

    Those of us at 2A would really miss that cart.

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  4. DrGeckoJune 24, 2013 at 10:07 AM

    Need cart ... need cart ...

    Also need the El Idolo truck(s) which made a brief appearance last summer on 4th St @ 2nd and St. Marks near the Bow'ry, since they have things, like tripe, that Morelos doesn't.

    Need ... need ...

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  5. shmnycJune 24, 2013 at 11:20 AM

    This is how it starts. The cart moves inside, the store becomes two, then three, and eventually an evil franchise that must be stamped out -- a symbol of "corporatocracy". Meanwhile, somewhere else, the process begins again, and is cheered.

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  6. robJune 24, 2013 at 2:13 PM

    Exactly, shmnyc!!! If we had a zoning law that restricts chain stores, then NYer's could go to small, cool places without turning them into huge global human smuggling rings.

    Ah, but even the small stores abuse labor. All commerce must be stamped out! Let's get rid of capitalism altogether! What are we waiting for? Let's do it tonight over a beer. Then no more capitalism by morning! Who's with me? (-:

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  7. MarkJune 24, 2013 at 2:33 PM

    SMDH what you always selectively forget to mention is that 7-Eleven is VERY clear they are here to put the bodegas out of business and 'take' New York. This strategy has set them apart from most of the other chains in the city. They are opening locations right next to existing stores where they are not needing and putting them out of business. You are smart enough to understand this of course, but you choose to rail against No 7-Eleven like some small child who wasn't picked for a kickball team and seeks revenge.

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  8. AnonymousJune 24, 2013 at 3:09 PM

    SMDH you have your own blog to use as a forum to carry on about No 7-Eleven. Why do you keep using EV Grieve a platform of attack?

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  9. AnonymousJune 24, 2013 at 5:14 PM

    But human smuggling is SO much cheaper than flying!

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  10. AnonymousJune 24, 2013 at 5:15 PM

    @3:09 Because no one reads it.

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  11. AnonymousJune 25, 2013 at 7:07 AM

    A lot of you a very familiar with SMDH's blog, given that you claim to never read it.

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  12. AnonymousJune 25, 2013 at 10:43 PM

    Anon 7:07AM - FWIW, no one said they actually *read* it, just they know it exists.

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  13. AnonymousJune 26, 2013 at 11:12 AM

    Anonymous 10:43pm, Many people have described the articles, so that would indicate that they read it.

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  14. AnonymousAugust 2, 2013 at 7:20 PM

    I loved the empanadas! Is there any way to find out if the chef is opening up another spot?

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