{"id":234258,"date":"2025-09-17T16:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/234258\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:45:11","slug":"nyc-taco-restaurant-santo-taco-is-opening-in-greenwich-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/234258\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Taco Restaurant Santo Taco Is Opening in Greenwich Village"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new Manhattan taco hotspot<\/a> is already expanding this fall. Nolita taqueria Santo Taco<\/a> is opening a second location in Greenwich Village at 94 University Place, at East 12th Street, sometime in the fall. Compared to the original tiny storefront running in a shared space with La Esquina that opened in May, the new spot will be larger. The 1,400 square-foot location will offer more standing and seating space, plus an open kitchen. The menu will include the popular steak trompo taco<\/a> and, for the first time, margaritas and Mexican beers. Owner Santiago Perez, who was a founder of famed NYC Mexican restaurant Cosme, leaned into his Mexico City upbringing<\/a> for this casual spot. This new restaurant is opening on the same block as Mexico City taqueria Cari\u00f1ito Tacos<\/a>\u2019s extended NYC pop-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Texas taco pop-up comes to Brooklyn<\/p>\n

Austin chef Joseph Gomez \u2014 the James Beard Award semifinalist<\/a> who ran award-winning taco truck Con Todo<\/a> \u2014 is bringing his newer Texas pop-up Sana Sana Taqueria<\/a> to New York City. The pop-up\u2019s happening at the recently opened Fort Greene restaurant Los Burritos Ju\u00e1rez,<\/a> run by Alan Delgado (who had worked in Austin). It\u2019s part of Delgado\u2019s new collaboration series, Border Kids<\/a>, highlighting chefs who draw from their experiences growing up along the Mexico-U.S. border. Gomez\u2019s cooking is centered on the Rio Grande Valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gomez will be serving bistec estilo matamoros tacos (a beef taco with queso fresco, avocado, and grilled onions on a corn tortilla) and a frijoles especiales burrito made with Delgado. It takes place on Thursday, September 18, at noon.<\/p>\n

Bushwick dive bar\u2019s new boardwalk foods pop-up<\/p>\n

A new pop-up is taking over the space recently vacated by popular dive bar food pop-up Lori Jayne<\/a> inside of Bushwick\u2019s Alphaville<\/a> in Bushwick. Frybaby<\/a> opened<\/a> inside the 140 Wilson Avenue space between Willoughby Avenue and Suydam Street on Wednesday, September 10.<\/p>\n

Co-owners and chefs Clarke Bliss and Ben Tomaiuolo are whipping up what they describe as \u201cupscale East Coast boardwalk nostalgia\u201d food. Clarke is from Ocean City, Maryland; Tomaiuolo had co-run a fish and chips pop-up<\/a> at Smorgasburg this year. The menu results in corndogs, fried pickles, fried cheese curds, fries, poutine, sandwiches with fried chicken or pulled pork, cheeseburgers, portabello mushroom French dip, nuggets, salads, and an array of sauces.<\/p>\n

The duo were studying acting at Pace University when they met and became friends, working together in plays, films, and kitchens. Bliss used to work for Union Square Hospitality Group and chefs and restaurateurs such as Andrew Carmelini, Steven Starr, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Tomaiuolo had worked at NYC Philly-styled sandwich restaurant Fedoroff\u2019s Roast Pork<\/a>, Brooklyn neighborhood bar Kilo Bravo<\/a>, and hot dog spot Dog Day Afternoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n