Breakfast Taco Restaurant Mockingbird Opens in Brooklyn
While everyone else in Brooklyn was busy nursing sourdough starters last spring, André Mack was shopping for a stone mill. The founder of Brooklyn hospitality group & Sons — and a nationally-recognized sommelier, winemaker, and author — Mack is building a reputation for opening cozy, neighborhood spaces that are mildly fanatical about ingredient sourcing, like Ham Bar and adjacent specialty grocery shop Buttery. During the pandemic, as diners stuck closer to home and others relied exclusively on nearby shops for food, Mack saw more opportunities to build on that approach. Now, one mid-...