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Back-alley empanada action coming to Cuba Libre
Come April, you've got a new/very awesome reason to head down Strawberry Street in Old City, one that doesn't sprinting away from the juicehead militias that swell out of Recess in a cloud of Drakkar Noir every 40 minutes.
Back-alley empanada action coming to Cuba Libre
Come April, you've got a very new/very awesome reason to head down Strawberry Street in Old City, one that doesn't involve sprinting away in terror from the Drakkar Noir'd juicehead militias that swell out of Recess every 40 minutes! Yay. Inspired by National Empanada Day (April 8), Cuba Libre (10 S. Second St.) is setting up a temporary pop-up bodega behind the restaurant that'll operate on Fridays and Saturdays from midnight to 3 a.m. throughout the month. From here, chef Guillermo Pernot and crew will hawk a variety of fresh-fried empanadas — picadillo (ground beef, olives, raisins), camarones (shrimp, spinach, pine nuts) and alcachofa (grilled artichoke hearts, salt-cured tomatoes, feta) to name just three — for $3 a pop. Sales will benefit CORE, a non-prof that benefits the children of hospitality employees. The non-alley portion of Cuba Libre, meanwhile, will introduce eight new empanada varieties during lunch and dinner from April 8 to 15, what they're dubbing Empanada Week. Stay abreast of late-breaking empanada news by following @empalley on Twitter.
UPDATE [29mar12]: Felt like this was coming after we received some concerned emails from Strawberry Street residents — Cuba Libre's Barry Gutin just announced that they won't be running their late-night empanada operation in April after all. "We've decided not to open Empanada Alley at the back of our restaurant because of neighborhood concerns that it would bring more people and noise to Strawberry Street after hours," says Gutin in a statement. "We recently learned there are a few families living in the buildings surrounding our back door, including one with a set of 10-month-old twins, whose sleep we do not wish to disturb." The plan is for Empanada Alley to relaunch as a mobile operation in the near future; Cuba Libre will still donateprofits to CORE.
Photo: Courtesy of Cuba Libre
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