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Former Momofuku Chef Brings a Japanese Pub to Bushwick

Joaquin Baca opens Teo, an izakaya joint, after Leaving Momofuku and closing the Brooklyn Star in Williamsburg.

Former Momofuku Chef Brings a Japanese Pub to Bushwick

Former Momofuku Chef Brings a Japanese Pub to Bushwick

Joaquin Baca opens Teo, an izakaya joint, after Leaving Momofuku and closing the Brooklyn Star in Williamsburg.

Former Momofuku Chef Brings a Japanese Pub to Bushwick

Here’s a story you might have heard before: man comes to big city, gets a cool job in Manhattan, but wants to do his own thing, moves to Williamsburg. The rent proceeds to get too high (who would have known!) and now he’s sandwiched between a rock climbing gym and an empty high-rise, between the far end of Bushwick and the border of Queens. The man is Joaquin Baca and his latest venture is Teo.

Teo is an izakaya joint, a Japanese style pub. The new venue just opened inside a shoe box next to a tarped-over rent raiser in waiting. Teo follows Brooklyn Star…

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