Bojangles, the fried chicken fast-food institution from North Carolina, is going to open a bunch of locations in New York City. The chain’s first restaurant will open in East Flatbush sometime in the winter, followed by 19 more locations throughout the city over the course of a decade. The press release notes that the last time Bojangles was in New York was back in the 1980s.
There are also plans to open 35 more locations in New Jersey, too (currently, there’s one in Piscataway). All of these franchise expansions are happening through the Hashimi Holding Corporation and owner Habib Hashimi. Bojangles started in 1977 in Charlotte, became known for its Southern-style fried chicken and biscuits, and expanded throughout the country.
A new burrito joint, courtesy of a chef from El Paso, Texas, debuted in Brooklyn this week. Los Burritos Juarez opened in Fort Greene at 354 Myrtle Avenue, near Adelphi, on Thursday, August 14. The menu’s a simple one: burritos in four styles, the chile colorado, salsa verde, mole, and frijoles con queso. There are also quesadillas, salsitas (chips), guacamole, aguas frescas, and sodas. Chef and owner Alan Delgado, who had worked at New York City Mexican restaurants such as Oxomoco, worked on his burritos as a pop-up in New York for some time.
Fancy cocktail collab celebration
As part of the fine-dining restaurant in the Museum of Modern Art’s 20th anniversary, the Modern is hosting a lauded New York cocktail bar for a collaboration pop-up next month. The Bar Room is bringing in Japanese cocktail bar Martiny’s for special drinks on Wednesday, September 10, from 5 to 9 p.m., for walk-ins at the bar and lounge spaces.