by Emma Davey One of Greenpoint’s most hotly anticipated restaurants, Border Town, has officially opened for business!
Greenpoint locals Jorge Aguilar and Amanda Rosa run the cult-favorite taco pop-up and first announced a permanent storefront in March 2025. They joined forces with Ben Turley, another Greenpoint local who was previously involved with The Meat Hook and Cozy Royale.Â
The new Border Town space takes over half of the former Busy Bee Food Exchange (189 Nassau Ave.);…
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I am so sick of reading about yet another hipster restaurant opening – filled with animal meat and their bi products – offered up by no doubt the people who present as the types who care about the future of our planet while never acknowledging that eating meat is one of the main reasons for global warming.
Can’t wait to try it!
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I’m so sick of reading negative comments that could have been kept. You chose to read this article. Go be sad somewhere else and leave people alone
But why put pork lard in the tortillas?? As a former Texan, I miss breakfast tacos and was really looking forward to this. Hope they have some vegetarian options
i have a feeling none of us natives or longtime locals will be able to afford it, just like the apartments we’ve been pushed from. would’ve loved a cheaper grab n go spot but landlords and commercial leases won’t allow for those places to survive. border town will do well bc the young ppl who moved here since covid do well. ill be at keyfood buying day old bread since all the grocers on this street are long gone.
Hope options with vegan tortillas… just had some amazing vegan tortillas made with Sonoran flour when I was in Tucson, so I know it’s possible. Looking forward to trying Border Town!
looks fantastic, glad its not all vegan options