CUCHARAMAMA CLOSING: Hoboken Dining Scene Loses Mother Spoon

The local food scene took a strong punch to the gut today, as the award-winning restaurant, Cucharamama, abruptly announced its closure.

A short, yet devastating instagram post popped up around 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, stating:

“To our amazing community, dedicated customers, family, friends and staff:

We are heartbroken to announce the closing of Cucharamama.
We had hoped to be able to reopen but due to recent developments that option is no longer visible.

Thank you for letting us serve you for the last 16 years.
We will miss you.”

 

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To our amazing community, dedicated customers, family, friends and staff: We are heartbroken to announce the closing of Cucharamama. We had hoped to be able to reopen but due to recent developments that option is no longer visible. Thank you for letting us serve you for the last 16 years. We will miss you ❤️

A post shared by Cucharamama 🥄 (@cucharamama) on Jul 25, 2020 at 12:50pm PDT

Spanish for “mother spoon,” Cucharamama (233 Clinton Street) specialized in artisanal South American cooking from Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Brazil.

Featuring a free-standing wood-burning oven, Cucharamama offered an amazing array of flavors and dishes—from flatbreads to ribeyes—all cooked to exacting perfection by one of the best chefs in the country.

Cucharamama‘s Maricel Presilla has been a winner of the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef, and is also the first Latin American woman to ever cook as guest chef at the White House.

Cucharamama featured an equally impressive menu of authentic South American cocktails—Brazil’s Caipirinha, Peru’s Pisco Sour and so many more.

No specific reason was given for the restaurant’s closure (UPDATE: see below), while establishments nationwide are facing a tough path amid COVID-19 restrictions.

Vaya con Dios, mother spoon…

UPDATE:

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