Restaurants & Bars
New Seafood Restaurant Coming To Cobble Hill, Report Says
The duo behind Tekoá closed their Clinton Street storefront to turn it into a new seafood spot called the Pilar, Eater reported.
COBBLE HILL, NY — The duo behind several local eateries closed their Clinton Street coffee shop and plan to retool it as a seafood restaurant, Eater NY reported.
Alex Raij and Eder Montero, the team behind La Vara, El Quinto Pinto and Txikito, shuttered their coffee shop Teoá, at 264 Clinton St., last week because it wasn't making enough money, Eater reported.
The team plans to change the spot into a seafood restaurant named after Ernest Hemmingway's boat, the Pilar, which they plan to open in the summer, owners told Eater.
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Raij and Montero quietly opened Tekoá in 2016, taking over for the former Ted & Honey restaurant which closed in 2015, DNAinfo reported.
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