It isn’t hiding anything; its glass facade on Orchard Street wants to strike up a conversation so badly that it almost follows you home. The windows are stenciled with cartoon characters and with text-message bubbles that call out in English (“Hello! In case you miss all of this, a sandwich board straddles the sidewalk, advertising discounted beer, wine and wings at the bar during happy hour (“5:thirsty”). If you accept the facade’s invitation to benaquitodits (come here here, a repetitive bit of Tagalog slang), the conversation will continue inside. If you’ve found your way to the menu’s strengths, though, odds are you won’t want to go anywhere.

Source: New York Times October 22, 2019 16:30 UTC