"One of New York City’s longtime Mexican food chefs is back in town, this time taking over the kitchen of nearly six-year-old West Village Mexican restaurant El Toro Blanco. Chef Ivy Stark made her name at Dos Caminos, helping turn the crowd-pleasing Manhattan Mexican restaurant into the mini-chain it is today, and she’ll now bring that and more experience to lighten the El Toro Blanco menu with Baja-style Mexican fare. Owners John McDonald and Josh Capon — who also own Lure, Bowery Meat Company, Sessanta and Burger & Barrel together — recruited Stark back to NYC from Chicago for her 20-plus years of cooking Mexican food across the country." - Stefanie Tuder
