Popular with the "tattooed, leathered" set, this "go-to" East Village Moroccan and its newer garden-equipped Williamsburg sibling "have it down to a science", providing "memorable" tagines for "super-affordable" dough; to avoid "long waits" for the "delicious" brunch, go for "early dinner."
Moroccan and Mediterranean cooking on St. Marks Place.
Cafe Mogador Restaurant Review:
Lots of Mogador's clientele laze away the day here. It's easy. The staff is friendly and the food from breakfast to dinner is cheap and good. What you get are Moroccan dishes made of fresh seasonal ingredients: spicy carrots, Greek salad and apricot/prune chicken tagine. The wine list is average.
Sludgy Turkish coffee opens the bleary eyes of the breakfast-at-noon crowd. Couscous, hummus, cucumber yogurt, and other Mediterranean faves served up in slightly grungy brick-walled space. Removed from St. Marks cheap tattoo and roving pseudo-homeless kid chaos. Outdoor patio attracts neighborhood cuties, people-judgers, and "novel writing. " Get a cheap glass of wine and hang. Phenomenal...