time to brush up on that high school spanish. les latino lovin' macondo is ready to inject some flava into the gringos of new york. focusing on latino comida de la calle (latin street food), macondo is the latin love child of chef maximo tejada (of nearby rayuela) and restaurateur héctor sanz. named after the fictional colombian village in gabriel garcía márquez's 1967 novel, one hundred years of solitude, the place is overflowing with arepas, empanadas, churros and piraguas. if those pose too challenging an ordering process for you, stick with tacos modeled after tradish mexican street fare. a brazilian juice bar serves up exotic fruit extracts, and brazil is also responsible for the hard stuff in the form of pomegranate mojitos. concrete floors serve as the sidewalk through a green room, set up to replicate a tropical rainforest. chef counters show\off sparks flying in the kitchen, and theatrics (like hard cider poured as a champagne fountain) can be properly appreciated. consider this the next big mac-ondo.

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