by Emma Davey Amid the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, one Williamsburg restaurant is working overtime to give back.
Lulla’s (169 Graham Ave.) is the daytime cafe offshoot of Venezuelan restaurant Casa Ora (148 Meserole St.), owned by Ivo Diaz and family. Diaz was watching the World Cup on June 24 when the news first broke out about the two earthquakes, which killed 5,000 people and injured thousands.
“It’s been a crazy amount of feelings that we had going…
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