Motek, a chain of popular, Mediterranean-inspired restaurants with seven Miami-area locations, is taking the Big Apple plunge.<\/p>\n
Happy Corner Hospitality, founded by Charlie Levy, will launch three sit-down locations \u2014 at 168-170 Wythe Ave. in Williamsburg, at 928 Broadway in Flatiron, and at 2178 Broadway,\u00a0where it will take over the current\u00a0Serafina corner space.<\/p>\n
The Upper West Side location will open in 2026, while the other two are due later this year. In addition, the company\u2019s Sesame Bakery will launch at outlet in Battery Park.<\/p>\n
Motek\u2019s upcoming location at 928 Broadway in Flatiron. Lemon Pop<\/p>\n
The interior of Motek. Lemon Pop<\/p>\n
Dishes displayed at the eatery location. Lemon Pop<\/p>\n
Motek\u2019s menu is described as kosher-style, with olive oil, avocado and butter replacing seed oils. <\/p>\n
Typical dishes include whole Mediterranean branzino, crispy chicken schnitzel with harissa aioli and Middle Eastern dumplings.<\/p>\n
Levy, who lived here for 20 years before moving to Miami, said, \u201cMiami is often called the sixth borough, so expanding here feels like a natural next step.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motek, a chain of popular, Mediterranean-inspired restaurants with seven Miami-area locations, is taking the Big Apple plunge. Happy…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":173944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,64,16562,7745,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,4329,7747,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-173943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-chain-restaurants","11":"tag-leases","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-real-estate","19":"tag-realty-check","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115088626383724018","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}