Mexican mavens "all abuzz" over these "rough-and-ready" street-cart spin-offs call out their "outstanding", "Cali-inspired" tacos, tortas and burritos; "fabulous prices" and "fast service" offset the "simple" "hole-in-the-wall" settings; P.S. "make sure to get the ‘crack' sauce on anything you order."
Raising the bar for NYC Mexican. SoCal brothers behind the Calexico carts drop LES spot sans wheels. Taqueria serves up the original street fare plus burgers, fish tacos, daily specials. Tiled bar serves up a mean margarita. The main draw is the same as always, though: carne asada—marinated skirt steak, spiced and grilled—available in overstuffed burritos or soft-corn tacos.
Intimate, cozy sake bar and Japanese restaurant on the Lower East Side.
To enter Yopparai, you must climb the stoop of a Lower East Side tenement, press a buzzer and wait in the foyer until a pocket door skids open and a figure in black, behind a curtain of ropes, beckons. But this modest sake bar isn’t playing hard to get, just making the best of its awkward perch in a repurposed railroad apartment. No password is required — although a reservation helps, as there...