Merchants Hospitality Opens New Food Venues at Pier 15

Over the holiday weekend, Merchants Hospitality opened two new food venues at the East River Waterfront Esplanade near Pier 15.  Pop-up taco stand Oaxaca Express is the latest addition, opening July 3 at 70 South Street between Fletcher Lane and Maiden Lane.  The stand has waterfront patio seating for 150 with views of the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges and will be open daily for lunch and dinner through the fall.  Oaxaca Express’s fare will include soft-shell tacos, chips, salsa, guacamole and a full bar.

It joins other recently-opened enterprises in the area from Merchants Hospitality, including ice cream shop Cones Cafe, which serves Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, and Watermark Bar, which serves classic American fare such as hot dogs, hamburgers, and lobster rolls.

The East River waterfront area was hit hard by Sandy, but has begun developing again and “‘becoming a neighborhood of its own,'” said Abraham Merchant, co-owner of Merchants Hospitality.

For more information about the new enterprises and area development, click here.