Wednesday, November 12, 2014

The all-new El Sombrero soft opens tomorrow night



We walked by El Sombrero/The Hat the other morning… taking in the all-new exterior here on Ludlow and Stanton…







The new owners, Jose Almonte and Jose Almonte Jr., are related to the folks who ran El Sombrero the previous 30 years. And they plan on a soft opening tomorrow night with a few select menu items and a full bar. The full menu will be available starting Monday.

An EVG Facebook friend got an impromptu sneak preview this week … and said that the refurbished space looks great … part of the interior includes a giant print of the old El Sombrero…


[Photo by Chrisinda Wain via Facebook]

In addition, the new menu with fresh ingredients looks to be affordable. The new owners kept the old margarita machine (though they still can't sell them to go as in past years).

Here a recap of what has happened here as far as we can remember:

Business at the 30-year-old mainstay had dropped off … then came word that Artichoke Pizza wanted the space… those plans fell through, and, after a reprieve, the inexpensive Mexican restaurant closed for good on March 22. However, El Sombrero returned with new owners on April 1 … before they closed the space for renovations in mid-May.
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 12, 2014 at 9:59 AM

    The rough farm timber look is already dated looking, should have opened a couple of years ago when that look was trendy. The old look was so much better.

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  2. GojiraNovember 12, 2014 at 10:04 AM

    So now a wall of nebbishy hipster hats equates to those glorious sequined sombreros this place was named for? Sigh...

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  3. UnknownNovember 12, 2014 at 10:08 AM

    El Fedora?

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  4. GiovanniNovember 12, 2014 at 11:33 AM

    Just glad to have them back, the place needed a major update, I was there the night before they closed and believe me everything needed to be renovated, especially the food. Will definitely give them a try. I'll take a grande on the rocks con sal, por favor.

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  5. AnonymousNovember 12, 2014 at 11:36 AM

    It looks nice. That neon might get busted though.

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  6. Ken from Ken's KitchenNovember 12, 2014 at 11:38 AM

    That exterior is gonna confuse the tourists. They'll think they're on Bedford St, not Ludlow St.

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  7. AnonymousNovember 12, 2014 at 12:14 PM

    Well, anything is better than another Artichoke Pizza. Yech on that damn slop.

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  8. AnonymousNovember 12, 2014 at 12:47 PM

    I can't believe how over saturated this neighborhood is with bars. Does the LES really need another bar???

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