Lower East Side • Rayuela • Latin Fusion, Beautiful Space!

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Rayuela Restaurant

165 Allen Street

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The beautiful Latin inspired restaurant on the lower east side called Rayuela, opened its doors in the summer of 2007. The food is very good, the space is very beautiful. The first floor, ground level is the place to be for cocktails and meeting people. But it is the upstairs that is the place to feel the full dining experience. It is a soft and billowing environment that complements the delicious menu. To describe the style of the food at Rayuela (Hopscotch), we'll trust their own website:

Rayuela introduces its first-of-its kind Estilo Libre Latino (Freestyle Latino) cuisine, which respects yet redefines contemporary Latin American and Spanish cuisines. While the basic structure of the traditional dishes will be maintained, the actual ingredients may be unconventional and may come from over a dozen Latin American countries including Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, as well as Spain.

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Address	Name	Category
72 Allen Street	Harry Zarin	Fabrics, trims
95 Allen Street	El Portal	Restaurant, Mexican
99 Allen Street	Fried Dumpling	Fast Food, Dumplings
100 Allen Street	Congee Village	Asian Restaurant
115 Allen Street	Allen & Delancey	Am. Restaurant
133 Allen Street	Church of Grace Fujianese	Church
158 Allen Street	Jutta Neumann	Boutique
163 Allen Street	People Lounge	Lounge, Cocktails
165 Allen Street	Rayuela	Latin Restaurant
170 Allen Street	Tiengarden Vegan	Vegan Restaurant
172 Allen Street	Bluestockings Bookstore	Activist Bookstore
182 Allen Street	Makeup Mania	Stage Makeup Effects
188 Allen Street	~~Maradona Hookah Lounge~~	Mid Eastern Lounge
190 Allen Street	Thompson LES Hotel	Hotel
196 Allen Street	Rockwood Music Hall	Rock Music Club
198 Allen Street	Pala Pizza	Pizza

View the streets on the Lower East Side
Allen Street	Attorney Street	Bowery
Broome Street	Clinton Street	Delancey Street
East Houston	Eldridge Street	Essex Street
Grand Street	Ludlow Street	Norfolk Street
Orchard Street	Rivington Street	Stanton Street
	Suffolk Street

Welcome to the Lower East Side of New York City! A completely unique neighborhood, these streets most closely resemble early New York, when immigration made this the most densely populated area on the planet! Come visit!

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Did you know?

August 2008 - Did you know that the Broadway musical, "West Side Story" was originally set on the Lower East Side. Yes, it's true. The composers intended to write a musical based on the themes of Romeo and Juliet but featuring tensions in this New York City neighborhood between Catholics and Jews. It was to take place between Passover and Easter. The composers felt no inspiration from this setting and the project went nowhere. Arthur Laurents stepped in and suggested the setting change from religious to racial tension and a move to the upper west side and 'West Side Story' took shape.

August 2008 - The hotelier who is going to open the new Thompson LES Hotel, Jason Pomeranc was quoted this week as saying this of the day his hotel opens: "going to be a moment in time that will be remembered as kind of when the Lower East Side came of age." Tell that to the folks at the Mercury Lounge, Katz' Deli and WD50, all of whom might beg to differ!

July 2008 - The new Thompson LES Hotel missed its July 15 deadline to open on Allen Street on the Lower East Side. Around the corner from Stanton Street, the hotel promises a rooftop pool with an Andy Warhol mural in mosaic on the pool floor. Andy would have been so proud. Will we finally get to see Moby in swim trunks hanging out here on the roof?

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