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Where Luis Herrera actually eats in New York

chef & co-owner, Ensenada (Williamsburg) · 8 picks

Luis Herrera is the chef and co-owner of Ensenada in Williamsburg, the Baja-leaning seafood restaurant he opened in 2022 after cooking at Cosme and the two-Michelin-starred Blanca. He came to New York from Caracas in 2012 meaning to stay a single summer. These are the eight places he sends people to.


Wu's Wonton King

Manhattan · Chinese · map

Place des Fêtes

Michelin plate · New York · Western · map

Bong

Crown Heights · map

A place that’s making food like nowhere else in New York

Said on Eating with Experts · read

order: heritage pork; Mama Kim’s lobster

Cafe Spaghetti

Columbia Street Waterfront District · Italian · map

Cosme

Manhattan · Latin American · map

Le Crocodile

Williamsburg · French · map

Sofreh

Prospect Heights · map

Patisserie Tomoko

Williamsburg · Café & bakery · map

out of this world

Said on Eating with Experts · read

order: chestnut tart


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