A new plant-based Mexican restaurant, Xilonen (905 Lorimer St.), has opened in the formerly empty Sauvage space. Run by Justin Bazdarich, and the rest of the team behind the stellar wood-fired Mexican spot, Oxomoco (128 Greenpoint Ave.), Xilonen (pronounced Zee-lonen, the name of the Aztec goddess of young corn,) is a concept over a year in the making.
“The idea was in our mind, either as a fast casual concept or a full-on restaurant,” Bazdarich…
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