Start your meal with guacamole, prepared at your table in a molcajete, the traditional Mexican mortar, and ground with a tejolote, or pestle. “It will work, believe me,” she told him. Rojas said during an interview after my visits. “ ‘How can it be that color?’ he asked,” Ms. When she first proposed painting the walls a lively yellow, orange and lavender that reminded her of Mexico, her husband was skeptical. Erika Rojas, who is married to Bernabe Rojas, the owner and chef, bought most of the pottery and sculptures that brighten the two pretty dining areas during trips to Mexico, where she and her husband were born. Perhaps word had not gotten out that in November, Riviera Maya Mexican Cuisine had switched from a takeout stand to a full-scale restaurant in which you could sit and have a splendid meal.Įven before I tasted the chile relleno, which turned out to be the best I had eaten in a decade, I was glad to be in a dining room that clearly had been designed by a person rather than a decorator. The wonder is that I was among only a few diners in that sunny, cheerful dining room in a forlorn stretch of Bogota. Last month, I ate dishes that were as memorable and authentic as the ones I had eaten at the taqueria. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.The last great Mexican meal I ate was in 2004, at La Super-Rica Taqueria in Santa Barbara, Calif., whose most famous patron was Julia Child. Hundreds of people marched through Brooklyn late Tuesday to celebrate ex-cop Derek Chauvin’s conviction for murdering George Floyd, and to insist that the movement to press for change would continue. Black Lives Matter marchers seen in Brooklyn after the Derek Chauvin verdict Paul MartinkaĪfter first screaming “we don’t want your f-ing taqueria,” a woman in the group then shouts “tip 30 percent!” - with the rest of the crowd seeming to miss the irony by marching away down Vanderbilt Ave. Meanwhile, the protesters seemed confused over whether they wanted the restaurant and staff to close down - or get more cash. Paul MartinkaĪnother previous diner noted that the restaurant is “good as hell, inexpensive and really not the problem.” A sea of protesters are seen in New York City following the Derek Chauvin verdict being announced.
“I can assure you the people who own family-owned Maya Taqueria want them there, and their food is delicious,” Brooklyn Events tweeted. Daniel Nassar is listed as the owner of the Taqueria. When asked about the video, a worker at Maya Taqueria told The Post, “We have nothing to say about that at all.” Staffers at the eatery’s second location in Park Slope also did not comment.īut locals and supporters of the restaurant quickly came to its defense online. Neither responded to multiple requests for comment on Wednesday.
“There’s employees that need their paychecks on a weekly basis to support their families,” he said.
“We don’t want you here,” screamed a ringleader standing on a table next to the diners at Maya Taqueria in Prospect Heights. In a recent video interview with ChowNow, Daniel explained how all of his staff relied on the restaurant, an 11-year “neighborhood staple,” to survive during the pandemic. He moved to Brooklyn in 2001.ĭaniel Nasser, the restaurant’s operating partner according to his LinkedIn, has said that he spent many years perfecting the craft of Mexican-style cooking with his family. The business’ CEO, according to public records, is David Nasser, 50, who has said in previous interviews that he opened the eatery more than 10 years ago because he longed for the ubiquitous taquerias of his native San Francisco. “We don’t want your f-ing money! We don’t want your f-ing taqueria, owned by f-ing white men!” he screamed, with the mob repeating each line, as caught in video by The Post. “We don’t want you here,” screamed a ringleader standing on a table as he led an angry call-and-response chant from his comrades who framed the outdoor dining area of Maya Taqueria in Prospect Heights. NYPD agrees to stop penning in demonstrators as part of settlement over 2020 Black Lives Matter protestsĪ mob of Black Lives Matter protesters were caught on camera harassing diners outside a family-owned Brooklyn taqueria - with dozens screaming at them to “stay the f–k outta New York.” Dove faces ramped-up boycott threats after hiring BLM activist, which Elon Musk calls ‘messed up’ĭove partners with BLM activist to promote ‘fat liberation’ after she was accused of getting white student wrongly expelledĪ new settlement cuffs cops and guarantees more protests will become riots
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