Ignacio Mattos wound his way through kitchens in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, San Francisco, Spain and Italy before landing here in New York, ultimately at Il Buco. You may be familiar with the restaurant's annual pig roast, but you also don't...
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When I think of delivery options in New York, I round up the usual suspects: pizza, Chinese, and maybe the occasional foray into Indian or Japanese food. So I was certainly intrigued, and perhaps a bit skeptical, when
Lolo Manso started delivering tapas and paella from
Socarrat, his fine Chelsea paella bar.
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Editor's note: It's time for another dispatch from Serious Eats community member BaHa, aka Barbara Hanson, who checks in now and again about the various one-of-a-kind food stores and markets in New York. Given all the hoopla surrounding the creations...
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In 2006, I was fortunate enough to study abroad in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Between Spanish classes and group excursions, I found myself filling the hours lying on the beach, eating and drinking wine. Not one of these things...
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After reading about the possible impending demise of SE:NY favorite La Nacional in our talk section, I called chef-owner Lulo Manso to get the scoop.
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If only they had named the restaurant something that's a little easier to pronounce and spell
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Time Out New York's Feed Blog is reporting that Chef Alex Raij, formerly of Tia Pol and El Quinto Pino, "will open Txkito (that’s chee-kee-to), a Basque pintxos bar with her husband Eder Montero (also a Tia Pol vet)." According...
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When you walk up a few steps and enter Despaña you leave New York and arrive in Spain, where you will find yourself in a gorgeously minimalist Spanish specialty food store.
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Paella from La Nacional Frank Bruni reviews Socarrat tomorrow. I had a very good meal there early on, the day before I reviewed Socarrat owner Lolo Manso's other restaurant, La Nacional. Socarrat is a tiny restaurant. In fact, it's...
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Ed Levine infiltrates this "speakeasy" for some of the best Spanish food in the city.
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