905 Lorimer Street
Greenpoint | built 1931
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 2021
Xilonen, a plant-based Mexican restaurant from the Oxomoco team, opens at 905 Lorimer Street
Xilonen took over the former Sauvage space, which had been sitting empty. It is run by Justin Bazdarich and the team behind Oxomoco on Greenpoint Avenue. The plant-based Mexican restaurant is named for the Aztec goddess of young corn. Greenpointers reported the opening on January 6, 2021, calling the concept more than a year in the making.
Source: greenpointers.com
- 2022
Xilonen closes for good after a two-month pause during a winter COVID surge
Xilonen's closing during the holiday-season COVID spike was first thought to be temporary. On February 15, 2022, Greenpointers reported that owner Justin Bazdarich had confirmed to Eater that the restaurant would not reopen after its two-month pause. That ended its run at 905 Lorimer Street.
Source: greenpointers.com
- 2022
Cool World, a bar and restaurant, opens in the former Xilonen space across from McCarren Park
Cool World, a bar and restaurant, opened at 905 Lorimer Street on July 27, 2022, in the former Xilonen space across the street from McCarren Park. Greenpointers confirmed the date with staff, but details were scarce because the team had almost no social media presence. A job listing hinted at food inspired by the brasseries of New York.
Source: greenpointers.com
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