"This pop-up has a new home inside The Taurus, where they’re serving a menu that blends Cuban, Filipino, and American food. The most glorious example of this mash-up is the ube frita. It’s made with two smashed patties—one is a sweet longanisa sausage, the other is beef. Then it's covered in banana ketchup, papitas, and stuffed between a purple ube pandesal bun. It has the DNA of a smashburger, a frita, and some entirely new, undiscovered species. They bake those squishy, purple buns themselves—and occasionally sell out. So give the bar a call to make sure it’s available." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino