Beloved Williamsburg bar, Maracuja has reemerged from the pandemic with new ownership and a brand new executive chef. Two longtime friends and Maracuja regulars, Erik Plambeck (a veteran of Keith McNally’s Schiller’s Liquor Bar and Ten Bells) and musician Kelly Winrich (Delta Spirit), bought the bar right when the pandemic hit last year. They are reopening with new Chef Roberto Jimenez, who has worked for Jose Andres, Jose Garces, Sue Torres and Marcus Samuelsson.
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