“The East Village is a drinking neighborhood,” says Rafa García Febles, general manager of Kabawa and Bar Kabawa, a Caribbean fine-dining restaurant and bar that opened in March 2025. “There can be serious craft and a high level of execution, but this is a nightlife town, and we’re here to have a good time.” While its exact parameters depend on which highly opinionated New Yorker you ask, the downtown area falls roughly between 14th and Houston …
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