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Edited by Josh Ozersky with Daniel Maurer

All Posts Tagged: ‘noel cruz’

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4/18/08

1:30 PM

Restaurant Tour: Inside Elettaria

Chef Akhtar Nawab and Noel Cruz met at Craftbar and went on to open their new restaurant, Elettaria, in an old big-and-tall store in the West Village. We wanted to see what they'd done to the place, so Josh Ozersky took a camera along for a tour this week. Watch and eat.

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3/ 5/08

1:41 PM

Elettaria Asks: Have You Ever Been Experienced?

Fabio Trabocchi

Jimi stands next to Akhtar Nawab's fire.Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Elettaria’s space was formerly occupied by the 8th Wonder, where a young Jimi Hendrix performed. So is his ghost still setting guitars (or at least flambés) on fire? Since proprietors Akhtar Nawab and Noel Cruz are big into classic rock (Akhtar is a bass player who loves him some Rush), we figured it was a strong possibility that after the early-evening jazz and blues, it would be, “Move over Rover, let Jimi take over…”

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