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[Anthony Bonner]

Ok mexican - not superlative but good enough for Manhattan. Weirdly priced in that some things were tiny, other things huge but everything cost about the same. Cookie-cutter "Downtown hip of the 'aughts" decor. Buzz-y room though.

I thought the standout were some braised beef burrita's - I like the authentic style burrita's here. chips are good as well.

Nothing to say run out and try this place, but I thought since no here had mentioned it I should post something. Pretty good salsa's on the table as well.

Had a Tamarind drink that was utterly pointless but the rest of the group liked their margeritas

[Wilfrid]

I walk by a lot and have been wondering. Strange they got stuck with the Dumbo part of the name.

[Sneakeater]

When they moved, they should have changed the name to Hecho Por Dumbo.

[nuxvomica]

we walked past it over the weekend and thought we'd have a mezcal drink someone had recommended. we opened the door and closed it instantly - the noise was deafening. but i've heard enough good things to try it at a less busy time

[porkwah]

not necessarily. there's no tense marker on their name. perhaps the full name is something like "used to be hecho en dumbo."

i went to the dumbo branch a few times and liked it well enough.

[Anthony Bonner]

I walk by a lot and have been wondering. Strange they got stuck with the Dumbo part of the name.

I think if you walk by it and are in the mood for mexican it is a fine choice.

[Steve R.]

not necessarily. there's no tense marker on their name. perhaps the full name is something like "used to be hecho en dumbo."

i went to the dumbo branch a few times and liked it well enough.

me too. once with you.

[Lex]

not necessarily. there's no tense marker on their name. perhaps the full name is something like "used to be hecho en dumbo."

i went to the dumbo branch a few times and liked it well enough.

me too. once with you.

Me three. I thought it was fine but not remarkable. They were in Dumbo for more than 2 years afterwards and I never went back. I do agree with all the other comments above that it's worth trying if you're close by and in the mood for good Mexican.

ETA - OK, I figured out what it is about this place that bugs me a little. I live within a 10 minute drive of Sunset Park which is filled with Mexican restaurants where the food is cooked by actual Mexicans. I'm not going to get all hot and wet to have a subset of the same food cooked by well meaning gringos while the Ode to Authenticity plays in the background. I wish them well but I have a firm grasp on who they are and what they're doing.

[Sneakeater]

ETA - OK, I figured out what it is about this place that bugs me a little. I live within a 10 minute drive of Sunset Park which is filled with Mexican restaurants where the food is cooked by actual Mexicans. I'm not going to get all hot and wet to have a subset of the same food cooked by well meaning gringos while the Ode to Authenticity plays in the background. I wish them well but I have a firm grasp on who they are and what they're doing.

This is EXACTLY what bothered me about Hecho En Dumbo en Dumbo.

[porkwah]

ETA - OK, I figured out what it is about this place that bugs me a little. I live within a 10 minute drive of Sunset Park which is filled with Mexican restaurants where the food is cooked by actual Mexicans. I'm not going to get all hot and wet to have a subset of the same food cooked by well meaning gringos while the Ode to Authenticity plays in the background. I wish them well but I have a firm grasp on who they are and what they're doing.

This is EXACTLY what bothered me about Hecho En Dumbo en Dumbo.

show me a place in sunset park that has a menu or atmosphere resembling hecho en dumbo.

[Lex]

show me a place in sunset park that has a menu or atmosphere resembling hecho en dumbo.

There must be over a hundred Mexican restaurants in Sunset Park. I'll concede on atmosphere. If I wanted to go out on a first date Sunset Park wouldn't be my choice. But it would be truly amazing if these white kids in Dumbo suddenly learned how to cook dishes unknown to the natives.

I haven't been to the new Manhattan incarnation. The Dumbo place had decent atmosphere but was in no way fancy. We're not talking Suenos here.)


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http://www.urbanspoo...can-Restaurants

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[Sneakeater]

The Dumbo place was sort of just another Brooklyn hipster restaurant, right? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

[porkwah]

The Dumbo place was sort of just another Brooklyn hipster restaurant, right? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

that's how i thought of it. i didn't think of it as the same type of restaurant as sunset park restaurants. different demographic, different style, la la la.

looking at their early press releases (i read them a long time ago, no link, sorry) they were aspiring to be like a hipster crowd restaurant in mexico city. no idea how well they executed on this but dumbo and LES are fine places to try doing this and there's no reason to believe that the average mexican from rural or urban puebla would have any inside track doing this.

[juuceman]

We ate at the Dumbo branch pretty regularly and viewed the move as a huge loss for us. It's not the most authentic place around but it consistently put out good guacamole, very good sopes, decent tacos, and good drinks and was the best place within a 15 minute walk of my apartment. The specials were consistently good, more Mexico City and Oaxaca City restaurant style cooking than taco stand offerings and the elote remains one of the better executed dishes we've had in a Mexican restaurant in NYC. It was a comfortable place to go. Usually pretty loud because of the bands that they were always bringing in, we brought friends a lot or would sit at the bar and have a few drinks and some small plates. There's nothing else really like that's replaced it in Carrol Gardens, the Heights, or DUMBO, which is pretty disappointing.

[Anthony Bonner]

We ate at the Dumbo branch pretty regularly and viewed the move as a huge loss for us. It's not the most authentic place around but it consistently put out good guacamole, very good sopes, decent tacos, and good drinks and was the best place within a 15 minute walk of my apartment. The specials were consistently good, more Mexico City and Oaxaca City restaurant style cooking than taco stand offerings and the elote remains one of the better executed dishes we've had in a Mexican restaurant in NYC. It was a comfortable place to go. Usually pretty loud because of the bands that they were always bringing in, we brought friends a lot or would sit at the bar and have a few drinks and some small plates. There's nothing else really like that's replaced it in Carrol Gardens, the Heights, or DUMBO, which is pretty disappointing.

the elote was the best thing we had last night.