Limusina brings cinematic glamour and Mexican-inspired flavors to NYC, transforming a former garage into a transportive dining destination.
Limusina, a glamorous 215-seat Mexican-inspired restaurant by hospitality group Quality Branded, has opened on the corner of 34th Street and Ninth Avenue in New York City, creatively transforming a former Manhattan parking garage into a three-level dining destination. Designed by GRT Architects, the space masterfully preserves the site’s raw industrial bones—including exposed concrete columns and irregular split-level floors—while layering in opulent touches like custom monumental chandeliers, warm marble, and peach and amber-toned lighting to evoke the cinematic "glamour and grit" of late-1970s and early-1980s New York. In the kitchen, Executive Chef and Partner Craig Koketsu avoids textbook regional replication, instead offering an inventive, playful menu inspired by Mexico's vast culinary landscape with unique twists like black truffle and guava jam Machetes, Long-Bone Short Rib Quesabirria, and a signature Elote Brûlée.
Article author:
Eliza Jordan
Photo credit:
Christian Harder


