Light Supper
TimeOut New York, July 21-27, 2005
“Garages, even when they’re converted, still look like garages. Not the case at Luz, the newest addition to Vanderbilt Avenue in Clinton Hill. The owners, Pedro Munoz and Vivian I. Torres, are Pratt architecture grads, and they’ve successfully transformed the building into this sleek Nuevo Latino venue. Chef Henry Lopez Jr. took cues from his mentors—his mother, Carmen, and chef Douglas Rodriguez—to create the opening menu: daikon radish cups filled with citrus crab salad; coconut tuna ceviche; grilled beef tenderloin with yucca and red chimichurri sauce (pictured); and grilled guava-glazed Gulf shrimp with coconut rice. All of it pairs perfectly with the Luz Colada, a house cocktail made with passion fruit, coconut milk and rum.”
