Thursday, August 31, 2023

Plywood report: El Pulpo at 51 Avenue B

Also behind the plywood ... at 51 Avenue B between Third Street and Fourth Street... a notice from the State Liquor Authority shows that the establishment will be called El Pulpo...
The principals here, identified as Mina Ibrahim and Mido Emad, were OK'd for a liquor license here in March 2022 via CB3. The Community Board's minutes describe this as a "full kitchen serving Mexican food." 

The questionnaire (PDF here) on file at the CB3 website includes a menu, showing more high-end items (i.e., wagyu beef huarache and potato tetela with caviar) and a list of specialty cocktails.

It's hard to believe that the last tenant here, the Italian stalwart Max, closed 10 years ago.  
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 31, 2023 at 11:14 AM

    wow, I had forgotten about Max, that was a great affordable place with a fantastic outdoors space, that truly was a very different hood back then

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  2. AnonymousAugust 31, 2023 at 4:22 PM

    Just 10 years since Max closed?!
    I remember when it opened, it was a lunch fav.

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  3. Perfume junkieAugust 31, 2023 at 5:22 PM

    Max was a lovely restaurant back when restaurants respected their neighbors. Now it's a land grab for public sidewalk space with no regard for noise pollution. More crowds, more music, more loud people. Thanks CB3 for approving yet another restaurant with liquor and protecting people who actually LIVE here.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 31, 2023 at 5:50 PM

    Instead of the routine complains, why won't you join CB3?

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  5. AnonymousAugust 31, 2023 at 6:37 PM

    This looks like a great addition. Look forward to checking it out

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2023 at 12:31 PM

    A vacant space for 10 years. Why?

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