Putting an incredibly large, Brooklyn-esque eating behemoth in Times Square: sign of the apocalypse, or just
crazy enough to work?
Let’s see…
Step cautiously into Urbo, a colossal new trilevel Times Square dinner-and-coffee compound,
partially opening later this week.
Different establishments you’ll find here: 5
Square feet they take up: 26,000
Times you’ll see the words “locally sourced” or “artisanal”: roughly∞
Open kitchens on the first floor alone: 3
Coffee shops serving Blue Bottle on that floor: 1
Legit NYC water towers spotted inside: 1
Odds you’ll think to yourself, “Wow, this is like Brooklyn: the amusement park”:
2:1
Chefs here after fulfilling careers at Le Bernardin and the Quilted Giraffe: 1 (the main
one)
Courses on the tasting menu in the third-floor loft: 9
Number of those that are dessert: 3
Weeks until that part’s open: 2
Glass gazebos also found on that floor: 1 Cocktail barsalso on that floor: 1
Drinks lovingly named after the phase in which the mixologist sold butterfly knives in the Bronx:
1
Butterfly knives garnishing said cocktail: 0 (sorry)
Floors they haven’t even completely figured out what to do with yet: 1
Odds you, the discerning New Yorker, have that same problem: error
