On Monday, the owners ofTacombi at Fonda NolitaandLa Brisain Montauk will open a 6,500-square-foot food complex on West 24th Street, complete with a taqueria called Tacos Madison, as well as a tortilleria and a Veracruz-style coffee bar. The idea is thatCafe El Presidente会感觉像一个传统的墨西哥市场,在哪里customers can visit different little shops and bars. Luis Aguilar, the head chef at Fonda Nolita, will produce tortillas made of beetroot, calabaza, nopal, yuca — both corn and flour styles. Jason DeBriere, most recently of now-closedPeels, will head up the brunch menu.
There’s more to look forward to: Cafe El Presidente will host a rotating roster ofcelebrity “taqueros,”like a cochinita master from Mérida and a tamale expert from Chiapas. And in a few months, a seafood restaurant called Mariscos Madison will open on the lower level.
Tacos Carne Asada.Photo: Liz Clayman
A taco with seared fresh Montauk sea bream.Photo: Liz Clayman
桑迪亚鸽子,越来越多, and Piña Colada.Photo: Melissa Hom
The cement-style floor got imported from Mérida, Yucatán.Photo: Liz Clayman
The open kitchen boasts the city’s longest continuous taco bar, and you can order directly from line cooks.Photo: Liz Clayman
Cafe El Presidente, 30 W 24th St., 646-429-8284
