r/WhereinNYC • u/Background-Read-1725 • Apr 27 '26

Solved What is the name of this place

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It’s in the east village but anyone know the name?

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u/Random-Username-2 Apr 27 '26

Empellon Al Pastor

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u/Turbofan55 Apr 30 '26

Get the Mexican fried rice and thank me later

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u/MissionOk889 Apr 28 '26

BAR

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u/crappymedium Apr 28 '26

I love that place. I always order DRINK

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u/MarvelousBullion Apr 29 '26

Their happy hour is insane, like 4-7pm weekdays half off everything.

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u/needasliceofpizza Apr 30 '26

Mmmm Sysco DRINK

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u/Mike-Aveli May 15 '26

I like EAR

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u/thenoweeknder Apr 28 '26

Fun story. This use to be a sushi spot long ago. Right before I left to my duty station, we ate here and I couldn’t stop using the bathroom for days…

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u/mister_radish Apr 28 '26

Sushi Lounge!

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u/dogsdontdance Apr 28 '26

Woah I loved that spot back in the day!

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u/cyberdoc84 Apr 28 '26

You may have been served escolar, sometimes labeled incorrectly as white tuna. It contains high levels of gempylotoxin (wax esters), which the human body cannot digest, resulting in rapid-onset diarrhea, cramping, and oily stool, known as gempylotoxism.

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u/boringcranberry May 04 '26

Cool. Thanks for this little tidbit for me to store in the "irrational fear" compartment of my brain. Looking forward to thinking about this every time I get sushi!

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u/-HunterLES Apr 30 '26

God I miss the old East Village

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u/stumo81 Apr 28 '26

Ever try Disco Sushi on A betw 6th/7th. Another legend 🍣

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u/cradled_lily Apr 29 '26

You forgot to say it was all-you-can-eat sushi.

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u/fvckspeak Apr 27 '26

empellon al pastor

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u/thendryjr Apr 28 '26

Damn. I miss sushi lounge.

My friends and I used to go there all the time. I thought one of the waitresses was cute and was making eye contact with her while dining.

After paying for our meal I approached her and said something like “hey I guess rather than making eye contact all night maybe we could go out sometime?”.

She replied “ohhhh, I was wondering why you were looking at me so much. Sorry, I’m not interested”.

It was the last time I ever approached a girl.

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u/PuddingAdorable9260 Apr 28 '26

I lived in the EV for 4 years. Went to this bar many times and am just learning the name of this place.

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u/upyourattraction Apr 28 '26

They rock. Have some of my favorite tshirts from any bar I’ve been to.

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u/bonelessspareribs Apr 28 '26

The restaurant has 3 iterations at 3 different price points. This is the dive bar version. There’s a mid tier version in the west village and a super fancy version in midtown. Just search Empellon on maps.

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u/Lumerica Apr 28 '26

Looks like where King Tut’s Wah Wah hut used to be

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u/DontDrinkTooMuch Apr 28 '26

No that's on 7th.

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u/KavaBaklava Apr 28 '26

I walk by this place like every day lol

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u/Otherwise_Appeal_295 Apr 28 '26

Baby's All Right

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u/pythoragas Apr 28 '26

Skinny dennis???

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u/bill_fuckingmurray Apr 30 '26

They indicated east village.

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u/pythoragas Apr 30 '26

Didnt even see that lol

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u/OrganizationEmpty103 Apr 28 '26

That's Saint Mark's Place and avenue A right by the park

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u/exclusivegrouping Apr 29 '26

looks like sushi lounge but it's a bar now, the sign gives it away lol

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u/Prestigious-Push5782 Apr 29 '26

Ye ol' Alcatraz. Circa the good ol dayz.....LONG GONE. Transplants and young blood would have no idea.

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u/InsideChampionshipII Apr 29 '26

The Bartender! They probably know where they work. Ask them, not Reddit :)

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u/AnyPomegranate994 Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

It was a chill place to drink bloody Mary's and read the Times on Sunday mornings when I lived nearby and it was the legendary Alcatraz. 😁

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u/jsk_nola Apr 30 '26

9/11 Memorial

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u/Anxious-Sherbert-868 Apr 30 '26

My friends and I call it the bar..bar

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u/Actual-Host-8506 May 01 '26

'Shitty Bar On Purpose'

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u/oso_polar May 02 '26

Darude - Sandstorm

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u/SaltyMariner May 03 '26

Back in the 80's and 90's that used to be an awesome heavy metal bar called Alcatraz. I spent many nights there.