Titán
5 Entrance St., nr. Outdated Fulton St., Dumbo
Alan Delgado and Ivy Combine in Titán’s again backyard.
Picture: Bobby Gallagher
What sort of neighborhood restaurant thrives in a neighborhood as arduous to outline as Dumbo? The world’s demographic — vacationers, dad and mom (and their nannies) pushing double-decker strollers, influencers, and artistic administrators — converges across the northern border of Brooklyn Bridge Park however doesn’t supply a lot cohesion. Chef Alan Delgado thinks the reply is tacos.
Particularly, phenomenal tacos (Delgado is the proprietor of Fort Greene’s Los Burritos Juarez, famend for its flour tortillas), a big yard that sits beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, and margaritas from Ivy Combine, one of many metropolis’s finest bartenders, who ran Leyenda on Smith Avenue for ten years. Delgado, Combine, and third accomplice Julian Brizzi (of Rucola, Grand Military Bar, and Celestine close by) aren’t going overboard with ambition; they’re betting that, even within the period of TikTok bait, good meals in a pleasant room could also be sufficient. “What I realized with Los Burritos is that in the event you do one thing enjoyable and have the proper staff, it’ll achieve success,” Delgado says. “When you construct it, they are going to come — however you need to construct it proper.”
Delgado and Combine started toying with the concept of opening a traditional cantina throughout a pop-up at Combine’s bar Whoopsie Daisy final fall. Brizzi proposed opening inside the previous Gran Electrica area. Lauren Broder, a co-founder of Celestine, joined as managing accomplice, and ultimately, Titán will debut in mid-June.
The menu is designed to fill what the companions describe as a “actual void” of well-executed Mexican cooking on this a part of Brooklyn, particularly since Gran Electrica closed in 2024. For tacos, there can 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, in addition to bigger mains like goat ribs with black beans, eggplant Milanesa with mole and chiles güero escabeche, and butterflied porgy with nopales and chipotle and masa dumplings. Homey plates of sopapillas, pan de nuez, and tres leches will spherical out the desserts.
On the drinks aspect, Combine is fast to elucidate that Titán shouldn’t be a tequila bar. Every cocktail and nonalcoholic combined drink on the listing will spotlight a mixture of herbs, flavors, and spices from Mexico. Choices might embody cantaloupe, carrot, and habanero; mango, orange, golden beet, and ancho chile; and tomatillo, peach, basil, and serrano. The bar is full of Mexican rums, whiskeys, and gins in addition to lesser-known agave-based spirits like sotol and bacanora. A rotating michelada and sangrita listing, plus a choice of gentle Mexican beers, can be good for teams, as will the margaritas. “We’re bringing again the Leyenda margarita on draft,” Combine says, including that she has employed again one in all her former bartenders from Leyenda to assist make them. “Three components — blanco tequila, Cointreau, and recent lime juice. Oh, and a citric–malic acid mix to raise the acidity.”
It’s all a very good match for the area. Limewashed partitions, terra-cotta finishes, and wealthy wood beams give the rooms — in an 1824 landmark constructing that was as soon as a Prohibition-era unlawful saloon — a lived-in really feel. “It appears to be like like an previous Mexican dwelling in there,” Delgado says. “We would like it to be type of this snug oasis in a rich, touristy a part of Brooklyn.”
Combine provides that even when Dumbo isn’t the primary place folks consider as a residential neighborhood, it’s full of neighbors. “We had a really sturdy common scene at Leyenda, and I’m excited to attempt to create one thing like that in Dumbo,” she says. “All of the dad and mom have their youngsters in some type of bizarre exercise right here, so come have a beer and taco with us whereas your child is in fencing class.”
The restaurant will open at 5 Entrance subsequent month.
Picture: Bobby Gallagher
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