New York Post

Taqueria taste for Midtown cheap eats crowd

- By JENNIFER GOULD KEIL jgould@nypost.com

That Midtown lunch date just got a little spicier.

South California­style Taco Dumbo is opening a flagship eatery on the ground floor of 114 W. 47th St.

The news comes as office lunch seekers mourn the loss of multiple, historic cheap eats spots, like Sapporo, an iconic Times Square slurp shop that opened in the 1970s and closed early this year.

The taqueria chain’s 4,000square-foot space is slated to open this spring.

It will be the chain’s fifth New York location. Its fourth — at 1385 Broadway — is slated to open in December.

The new W. 47th St. flagship will have 75 seats, two private dining rooms, one semi private area, a bar and a lounge.

There will also be hammocks and a projector screen playing vintage surf videos.

The restaurant will “enhance the culinary offerings available to our commercial office tenants within the building and along Corporate Row and the surroundin­g neighborho­od,” said Jonathan (Jody) Durst, president of the Durst Oganizatio­n.

Taco Dumbo was repped by Retail Worx’s Jonathan Krieger and Dan Bodner. The landlord was repped by the Durst Organizati­on’s David Neil, and Ashley Mays and Colliers Internatio­nal’s David Tricarico and Jedd Horn.

Joe Coffee, a Big Applebased group of Danny Meyerbacke­d cafes from Jonathan Rubinstein, is taking its coffee beans to its 20th location, a kiosk across from Shake Shack at Grand Central Terminal

It’s also celebratin­g its 15year anniversar­y with a collaborat­ion of special donuts in partnershi­p with Underwest Donuts, which has created an espresso-infused funfetti cake glazed donut, and a limited edition anniversar­y coffee.

WE HEAR … that Tuvia Feldman’s Bustan, at 487 Amsterdam Ave., with its eclectic mix of European, Asian and African dishes, has a new team: executive chef Eli Bu- liskeria and pastry chef Shir Rozenblat — together in life and in the kitchen— adding an Israeli flair. The couple worked for chef Jonathan Roshfeld at Herbert Samuel in Tel Aviv before coming to New York to work at The Paper Factory Hotel in Long Island City. ... that Bagatelle is celebratin­g its 10th anniversar­y in New York and is opening its 11th restaurant in Buenos Aires this week.

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