{"id":313420,"date":"2026-06-19T19:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313420\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T19:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:27:08","slug":"baba-and-barbouni-to-close-in-grand-central-district-making-way-for-barra-barra-and-kaixo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313420\/","title":{"rendered":"Baba and Barbouni to close in Grand Central District, making way for Barra Barra and Kaixo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many diners already got a preview of Barra Barra earlier this year.<\/p>\n

In February, Duncan and McCoy launched Barra Barra as a month-long residency<\/a> inside Barbouni. <\/p>\n

Inspired by the Basque Country, a region spanning northern Spain and southwestern France, the concept focused on pintxos, which are small skewered bites traditionally enjoyed alongside vermouth, cider, and cocktails.<\/p>\n

The menu featured items such as the Gilda, which is a skewered combination of house pickles, anchovy, and olive, and the Spanish Tortilla, which is a potato omelet with confit onion.<\/p>\n

The beverage program highlighted Basque wines, vermouths, and low-ABV cocktails. <\/p>\n

During the residency, Duncan described Basque cuisine as product-driven and rooted in a relaxed, social style of dining.<\/p>\n

At the time, Barra Barra was billed as a temporary pop-up. In hindsight, it was also a preview of what was to come.<\/p>\n

“Many of you got a sneak peek without even realizing it,” the Sayeghs wrote. “When they took over Barbouni earlier this year with their Barra Barra residency, well that wasn’t just a pop-up\u2014it was the first glimpse of a bigger idea.”<\/p>\n

While details about Kaixo remain limited, the restaurant has been described as a concept inspired by the food, wine, and cultural traditions of the Iberian Peninsula. <\/p>\n

The word kaixo (pronounced KYE-show) is the Basque word for \u2018hello\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many diners already got a preview of Barra Barra earlier this year. In February, Duncan and McCoy launched…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-313420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}