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Tit\u00e1n<\/a><\/p>\n \n 5 Front St., nr. Old Fulton St., Dumbo\n <\/p>\n \n Alan Delgado and Ivy Mix in Tit\u00e1n\u2019s back garden. What kind of neighborhood restaurant thrives in a neighborhood as hard to define as Dumbo? The area\u2019s demographic \u2014 tourists, parents (and their nannies) pushing double-decker strollers, influencers, and creative directors \u2014 converges around the northern border of Brooklyn Bridge Park but doesn\u2019t offer much cohesion. Chef Alan Delgado thinks the answer is tacos.<\/p>\n Specifically, phenomenal tacos (Delgado is the owner of Fort Greene\u2019s Los Burritos Juarez<\/a>, renowned for its flour tortillas), a large backyard that sits beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, and margaritas from Ivy Mix, one of the city\u2019s best bartenders, who ran Leyenda on Smith Street for ten years. Delgado, Mix, and third partner Julian Brizzi (of Rucola<\/a>, Grand Army Bar<\/a>, and Celestine<\/a> nearby) aren\u2019t going overboard with ambition; they\u2019re betting that, even in the era of TikTok bait, good food in a nice room may be enough. \u201cWhat I learned with Los Burritos is that if you do something fun and have the right team, it\u2019ll be successful,\u201d Delgado says. \u201cIf you build it, they will come \u2014 but you have to build it right.\u201d<\/p>\n Delgado and Mix began toying with the idea of opening a classic cantina during a pop-up at Mix\u2019s bar Whoopsie Daisy<\/a> last fall. Brizzi proposed opening inside the former Gran Electrica space. Lauren Broder, a co-founder of Celestine, joined as managing partner, and at last, Tit\u00e1n<\/a> will debut in mid-June.<\/p>\n The menu is designed to fill what the partners describe as a \u201creal void\u201d of well-executed Mexican cooking in this part of Brooklyn, especially since Gran Electrica closed in 2024. For tacos, there will be carne asada with Chihuahua cheese, cod in masa tempura with slaw, and dorade with chile colorado, papas, and salsa cruda. For sharing, a trio of aguachiles and the verde and rojo salsas from Burritos Juarez, as well as larger mains like goat ribs with black beans, eggplant Milanesa with mole and chiles g\u00fcero escabeche, and butterflied porgy with nopales and chipotle and masa dumplings. Homey plates of sopapillas, pan de nuez, and tres leches will round out the desserts.<\/p>\n On the drinks side, Mix is quick to explain that Tit\u00e1n is not a tequila bar. Each cocktail and nonalcoholic mixed drink on the list will highlight a combination of herbs, flavors, and spices from Mexico. Options could include cantaloupe, carrot, and habanero; mango, orange, golden beet, and ancho chile; and tomatillo, peach, basil, and serrano. The bar is filled with Mexican rums, whiskeys, and gins as well as lesser-known agave-based spirits like sotol and bacanora. A rotating michelada and sangrita list, plus a selection of light Mexican beers, will be good for groups, as will the margaritas. \u201cWe\u2019re bringing back the Leyenda margarita<\/a> on draft,\u201d Mix says, adding that she has hired back one of her former bartenders from Leyenda to help make them. \u201cThree ingredients \u2014 blanco tequila, Cointreau, and fresh lime juice. Oh, and a citric\u2013malic acid blend to elevate the acidity.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s all a good fit for the space. Limewashed walls, terra-cotta finishes, and rich wooden beams give the rooms \u2014 in an 1824 landmark building that was once a Prohibition-era illegal saloon \u2014 a lived-in feel. \u201cIt looks like an old Mexican home in there,\u201d Delgado says. \u201cWe want it to be kind of this comfortable oasis in a wealthy, touristy part of Brooklyn.\u201d<\/p>\n Mix adds that even if Dumbo isn\u2019t the first place people think of as a residential neighborhood, it\u2019s filled with neighbors. \u201cWe had a very strong regular scene at Leyenda, and I\u2019m excited to try and create something like that in Dumbo,\u201d she says. \u201cAll the parents have their kids in some kind of weird activity here, so come have a beer and taco with us while your kid is in fencing class.\u201d<\/p>\n \n The restaurant will open at 5 Front next month. EAT LIKE THE EXPERTS.<\/p>\n Sign up for the Grub Street newsletter.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n
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