New Marrakesh Express Restaurant
February 19th, 2008
As discussed earlier last week, the new Marrakesh Express awning is up. They’re revamping the restaurant and based on many of the comments, the Indian dishes are tasty and worth a try. Commenter Anna says:
“i know the guys who run the place. they are extremely hard working, honest good people who had very limited funds and a dream and they are trying to make it work. they are longtime dumbo residents and musicians. these are the kind of businesses we should support in dumbo. these guys are the real thing. would you all rather have a starbucks in that place? or a low key joint with excellent, cheap fresh food?”
From their website, marrakeshexpressny.com, they are now open from 6am to 10pm and deliver free to anywhere in the neighborhood (up to 15 blocks). “Our owners have more than 16 years of industry experience. We saw an opportunity for the restaurant and decided to open. We are located on the corner of Front Street and Jay Street under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo neighborhood.”
Marrakesh Express
68 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-1186
For deliveries call, (866) 919-2775 or (718) 222-8293
Previously: {How’s the Indian Buffet at D Space?, 11Feb2008}
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February 19th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Indian?….
Marrake”c”h…not Marrake”s”h is in Africa.
So where is the Morrocan food?
If they alter their menu by adding a few Tagine dishes, Couscous and a few other basics they can easily be partially true to their name.
February 19th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Actually, it can be spelled either way. Like Osama/Usama, it’s a transliteration from Arabic. As long as you get the sounds right, it will work. Do a Google search and see how many spellings you will come up with.
Not sure about the food question, though.
February 19th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
I ate the buffet today for lunch. Pretty yummy. Welcome addition to the neighborhood. Nice little unique setup there.
February 20th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Obviously nobody eats here very often. Its 12:30 Wednesday and your precious Indian/African restuarant has an eviction notice on the door. Repo’ed by the owner. Don’t worry you can still get the runs across the street if you want to go slummin’
February 20th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Uh,
After reading about this place all week, I made a trip to go check out the curry and naan … and it was closed down at like 5:30PM. Lame, no?
February 20th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
are you retarded.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:24 am
I guess the food was not ‘yummy’ enough.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:31 pm
LOL VH
February 21st, 2008 at 11:16 pm
I overheard that the old owner of the space didn’t pay the bills for sometime. Since the current tennants are subleasing, they’ve been evicted. That’s the reason this business is shut down temporarily.
I really hope they work out these legal issues soon, as these guys really deserve better than this. Plus, we will all miss the yummy Indian food.
Best of Luck Marrakesh Express!
February 21st, 2008 at 11:29 pm
subtenants have no legal standing whatsoever. It will go to the deepest pocket. Looks like Starbucks is coming to East dumbo.
February 25th, 2008 at 9:56 am
What’s with Rula Lenska’s comments? Kind of a tool, no?
February 25th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
rula lenska is a hammer
February 25th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
there is a tendency to fawn over that which is leftover from Dumbo before it was “discovered”. politically correct multiculturalism requires us to support underfinanced 3rd world restaurants no matter how bad they may be. I feel sorry for these guys but it was inevitable they would be gone. I moved here 20 years and don’t begrudge those who moved here last year, we are ALL part of death of Dumbo as we knew it.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Rula Lenska is not even Rula Lenska - Like we said before - we know the real Rula Lenska and she lives in London not in Dumbo. This tool basically acknowledged he (yes, he) was using this woman’s name without her permission.
February 26th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Well that’s a shame. I had hopes to see her walking the hood with her Alberto VO5 treatment. Do we have any other celeb’s living in DUMBO?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:04 am
veruscka
I haven’t seen her in a while. I think she was on Plymouth soewhere
February 27th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Busta Rhymes lives in J Condo. I believe Mos Def also lives in the neighborhood.