{"id":201465,"date":"2026-04-18T01:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201465\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T01:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:22:18","slug":"south-american-tavern-cafe-bar-j-f-to-open-this-spring-in-former-home-of-llama-inn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201465\/","title":{"rendered":"South American Tavern, Caf\u00e9 Bar J.F., to Open This Spring in Former Home of Llama Inn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafebarjf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Caf\u00e9 Bar J.F.<\/a>, a new South American\u2013inspired tavern from the Llama restaurant group, is opening this spring at 50 Withers Street, the former home of <a href=\"https:\/\/greenpointers.com\/2025\/12\/03\/peruvian-restaurant-llama-inn-closing-later-this-month\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"156070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Llama Inn<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After ten years,\u00a0Llama Inn, an acclaimed Peruvian restaurant in Williamsburg,\u00a0closed its doors at the end of 2025. Now, Llama Inn\u2019s Juan Correa is back with Caf\u00e9 Bar J.F. alongside Chef Francisco Castillo, who worked at Llama Inn\u2019s sister restaurant Llama San.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1650\" data-attachment-id=\"160351\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greenpointers.com\/2026\/04\/17\/south-american-tavern-cafe-bar-j-f-to-open-this-spring-in-former-home-of-llama-inn\/headshots-jan-2026-04\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Headshots-Jan-2026-04.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,1650\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1532296225&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;43&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Headshots Jan 2026-04\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/greenpointers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Headshots-Jan-2026-04-500x750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Headshots-Jan-2026-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160351\"  \/>Juan Correa (right) and Chef Francisco Castillo (left). Photo: Caf\u00e9 Bar J.F.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caf\u00e9 Bar J.F. calls itself \u201ca place shaped by South American tavern culture with a New York City lens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the team, Chef Castillo\u2019s menu at Caf\u00e9 Bar J.F. will feature \u201cinfluences from Peru, Chile, and Argentina\u201d and \u201cnostalgia-driven\u201d dishes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caf\u00e9 Bar J.F. will offer South American-inspired cocktails from Sarah Morrissey and a curated wine program from Pierre Buffet, who was previously at Greenpoint\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/greenpointers.com\/2025\/11\/12\/fulgurances-laundromat-closing-at-end-of-year-opening-rotisserie-and-wine-bar-next-door\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fulgurances Laundromat<\/a>, another acclaimed local spot that closed at the end of 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new, relaxing South American restaurant is being designed by Madrid\u2019s Plantea Estudio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team is aiming to open Caf\u00e9 Bar J.F in May.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 Bar J.F., a new South American\u2013inspired tavern from the Llama restaurant group, is opening this spring at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[79892,79893,79894,1418,79895,79896,79897,79898,79899,79900,9,11,10,79901,79902,79903,79904,1424,8983],"class_list":{"0":"post-201465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-argentinian","9":"tag-cafe-bar-j-f","10":"tag-chilean","11":"tag-featured-article","12":"tag-francisco-castillo","13":"tag-fulgurances-laundromat","14":"tag-juan-correa","15":"tag-llama","16":"tag-llama-inn","17":"tag-llama-san","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-headlines","20":"tag-new-york-news","21":"tag-peruvian","22":"tag-pierre-buffet","23":"tag-sarah-morrissey","24":"tag-south-american","25":"tag-williamsburg","26":"tag-wine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}