Rosie’s Gets Set to Offer Authentic Mexican Cuisine

After years of traversing Mexico together, restaurateurs Marc Meyer and Vicki Freeman are finally bringing the country’s cuisine closer to home. Opening on Friday in New York’s East Village, Rosie’s has set out to siphon the vibe of Mexico’s open markets and the myriad flavors from across the country into its menu. “The idea really was to create the feeling of a Mexican market without being literal,” Freeman said a few days before opening. “We didn’t want to do anything kitschy. There aren’t going to be any piñatas.” What the restaurant does have is clay pots and good luck charms sourced from Mexico, as well as an open, airy dining room swathed in pastel green, yellow and blue tiles and wooden tables custom-made by Asfour Guzy Architects. The restaurant sits on a well-lit corner of Second Avenue, with floor-to-ceiling windows that can open directly onto the sidewalk. Meyer and Freeman also wanted to bring a part of back-of-house to the front-of-house, and plopped a “comal” station in the middle of the restaurant, around which guests can sit and watch chefs prepare small dishes. “I call it our version of a Mexican sushi bar,” Freeman remarks. The authenticity of the space is reflective of

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