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Popular Restaurateur Opening Bergen County Tequila Bar With 'Modern Twist' Popular Restaurateur Opening Bergen County Tequila Bar With 'Modern Twist'
Popular Restaurateur Opening Bergen County Tequila Bar With 'Modern Twist' A North Jersey restauranteur is expanding his empire with a tequila bar in Englewood. Ariel Espejo is opening Mexcal Tequila Bar at 24 N Van Brunt St. in the city sometime in February. Espejo, who runs Bent Hospitality with his partner, Michele Bittan, also runs Vida Garden, El Tango, Hidden Garden in Englewood and Tengo Steak in Moonachie.  Mexcal Tequila Bar will offer almost 80 different kinds of tequila, along with Mexican cuisine like tacos, enchiladas while a DJ will be on hand during the weekend. Espejo felt Englewood was missing an establishment like Mexcal. "It's a convenient loca…

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by Sam Barron
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TENSE STANDOFF: Machete-Wielding Man Captured By Englewood Police TENSE STANDOFF: Machete-Wielding Man Captured By Englewood Police
Tense Standoff: Machete-Wielding Man Captured By Englewood Police A tense standoff ended with Englewood police disarming an irate, drunken man who repeatedly refused to drop a machete, authorities said. ICE agents took custody of Salvadoran national Carlos Sanchez Rivera, 26, almost immediately after he was booked into the Bergen County Jail, records show. Rivera was drunk when a security guard denied him entry to Vida Garden, a restaurant and lounge on Armor Street, around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. There had been issues with Rivera before, management told police. This time, Pulice said, Rivera returned with a machete and threat…

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by Jerry DeMarco