Openings: Lolita Revamped
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There's a kale margarita!
BYOT no more.
Marcie Turney and Val Safran shuttered Lolita (106 S. 13th St.), their 13th Street BYO a while back to make way for a revamped Mexican concept a while back and now it looks like their getting ready to debut it.
The concept is street food and Turney is taking menu inspiration from some recent R&D to Mexico - think traditional taqueria fare with a bit of international flair. Braised chicken and smoked peanut mole tamales are going to be getting a duck fat boost and house-made corn tortillas are getting topped with Korean skirt steak with ssamjang and perilla.
Other new and exciting additions to Lolita include a vertical roasting spit (fingers crossed for al pastor), a 16-seat chef's counter and a full bar with a serious margarita selection.
The bar is taking plenty of liberties with the classic margarita formula and mixing tequila with grapefruit and ginger-beet sorbet and kale, jalapeno and cilantro for a little something called the Jugo Verde.
No word yet on an exact date but Marcie and Val are promising an early spring reopening.
