Friday, April 11, 2014

Gruppo owner opening Mezcla on Second Avenue and East 19th Street



A little out of our usual coverage zone… but we wanted to mention this… We had been to Capucine's Restaurant with its tuxedo-clad waiters on Second Avenue and East 19th Street a few times through the years… A rent hike helped shutter the place after 33 years in business on April 1, 2013, as Jeremiah Moss reported.

While walking by 327 Second Ave. the other day, we spotted the signage for what's coming next…



Mezcla will serve Latin and Spanish food here … with a soft opening expected on Monday, according to DNAinfo.



Owner Antonio Gomez, a Lower East Side resident, operates Posto across Second Avenue at No. 310 … (he also owns Gruppo on Avenue B).

Per DNA:

Gomez plans to source most of Mezcla's ingredients — including eggs, pork and rabbit — from his own farm upstate.

Gomez has already begun growing tomatoes and basil on his farm to use at his Manhattan pizzerias — in addition to Posto, he also owns Gruppo, Vezzo, Spunto and Tappo — but he soon plans to dedicate the entire 92-acre farm for ingredients to use at Mezcla, he said. Changes include expanding egg production from 100 per week to about 1,000, he said.
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousApril 15, 2014 at 4:24 PM

    Good riddance. They once made myself and many others terribly sick one Thanksgiving decades ago

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