A neighborhood restaurant in Dumbo is positioned to thrive despite the area’s mixed, hard-to-define crowd. The concept centers on phenomenal tacos, a large backyard beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, and margaritas from Ivy Mix. Chef Alan Delgado, Ivy Mix, and Julian Brizzi plan a classic cantina in the former Gran Electrica space, with Lauren Broder joining as managing partner. The menu targets a gap in well-executed Mexican cooking in Brooklyn, especially after Gran Electrica closed in 2024. Tacos include carne asada with Chihuahua cheese, cod in masa tempura with slaw, and dorade with chile colorado, papas, and salsa cruda. Sharing plates feature aguachiles and salsas, alongside larger mains such as goat ribs, eggplant Milanesa with mole, and butterflied porgy with nopales and chipotle.
"What kind of neighborhood restaurant thrives in a neighborhood as hard to define as Dumbo? The area's demographic - tourists, parents (and their nannies) pushing double-decker strollers, influencers, and creative directors - converges around the northern border of Brooklyn Bridge Park but doesn't offer much cohesion. Chef Alan Delgado thinks the answer is tacos."
"Specifically, phenomenal tacos (Delgado is the owner of Fort Greene's Los Burritos Juarez, renowned for its flour tortillas), a large backyard that sits beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, and margaritas from Ivy Mix, one of the city's best bartenders, who ran Leyenda on Smith Street for ten years. Delgado, Mix, and third partner Julian Brizzi (of Rucola, Grand Army Bar, and Celestine nearby) aren't going overboard with ambition; they're betting that, even in the era of TikTok bait, good food in a nice room may be enough."
"Delgado and Mix began toying with the idea of opening a classic cantina during a pop-up at Mix's bar Whoopsie Daisy 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, Titán will debut in mid-June. The menu is designed to fill what the partners describe as a "real void" 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 güero escabeche, and butterflied porgy with nopales and chipotle"
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