A 50-seat Lower East Side restaurant from chef Vitor Mendes, formerly chef de cuisine at Theodora, cooking with Amazon rainforest ingredients such as tucupi, jambu and cassava. It is Mendes' first restaurant as an owner and landed on Fine Dining Lovers' list of October's best openings.
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