Cafe Habana To-Go Goes Longer…

…by 2 full hours!

Yep, out with the old 12 to 10pm regime and in with the extended jam — 11am to 11pm.  Delivery rolls until 10:30.

Consider your stomach set free – get hungry an hour earlier, stay hungry an hour later!

But even more importantly, as it finally looks winter wonderlandy out there (if you ignore the freezing cold, ankle-deep, gray and slushy street corners)…

Sean Meenan & the Habana family wish you a Feliz Navidad and a Happy New Year!

The Wire hearts our Huevos Rancheros

Ben K. over at The Wire recently visited Cafe Habana, sampled our Huevos Rancheros and took some great photos. Thanks for the shout-out Ben! Read his full story here and  learn some fun facts about Huevos Rancheros!

Back to School Bash 2009

Do you remember that looming feeling that accompanied the end of summer and the approaching beginning of school?  Well, so do we.   To help kids forget (and parents celebrate!) the impending start of the school year, we’re throwing a kickin’ party here at Habana Outpost!  Here are the deets:

Habana Outpost’s Back to School Bash
Monday, September 7^th 2009 – Labor Day
12 noon – 5 pm          FREE!

Schedule of Events

All Day (12-5 pm):
-Face Painting
-Recycled Arts & Crafts
-Coloring Pages & Crayons
-Joey the Clown
-Free Habana Spiral Notebooks
-Live kid-friendly DJs
-Beanbag Toss, Bubbles, and Games! 

Kid’s Corner brought to you by Habana Works and Leadership Learning Lab – Join Marivi as she creates, inspires, and turns recycled materials into fun, usable “new” items!  www.cafehabana.com/planet

The Scrap Kins - Kids will make crafts like bookmarks and memo pads from recycled goods and decorate them for the upcoming school year!  www.thescrapkins.com

Brooklyn Public Library – Librarians will be on site signing kids up for library cards … and the best part is – anyone who signs up for a library card at the event gets a free piece of corn!  www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org

1:30-2:30 pm:  Storytime with Brownstone Books – Join storytellers for books out loud (geared toward the under 6 crowd).  Titles will include:  “Llama, Llama Misses Mama,” “Jazz Baby,” “A Fine, Fine School,” and “Miss Bindergarten.”  www.brownstonebooks.com

2:30-3:30 pm:  John Howe, The Bee Man – Join John in a hands-on, kid-friendly workshop called “Pollinators: Honeybees Make a Difference,” where children will learn how bees pollinate flowers in an interactive way.  www.thebrooklynbee.com

3:00-5:00 pm:  Cherub Rock: Dance Party for Kids – Join DJ Juice E for a kid-friendly dance party in the Lowpost (downstairs in Habana Outpost).  www.djjuicee.com

 Directions: G to Fulton, C to Lafayette, B/D/N/R/Q/2/3/4/5 to Atlantic/Pacific. 

Many thanks to our friends at:  Habana Works, Brownstone Book, Brooklyn Public Library, Scrap Kins, Leadership Learning Lab, DJ Juice E, and The Brooklyn Bee.

Check out some pics from last year’s event on the next page!

Habana Outpost honored in … article about urinals?

That’s right.  Web Urbanist scouted out a handful of truly amazing bathrooms all around the world and little ole Habana Outpost made the cut!  As most of you know, our toilets use recycled rainwater to flush (built by a program via our non-profit, the savvy USBK), saving thousands of gallons of water per week!  But among the list of wacky bathrooms, ours was one of the more modest WC’s.  Check out the rest of them here, and enjoy some more pics of these crazy toilets on the next page!

Our Margaritas Are “Top 10″!

BlackBook Magazine named us one of the “Top 10 Frozen Cocktails” In NYC! 

What they say:

“Enviro chic spin-off New Faces Soho café, save a buck on your frozen margarita by bicycling the blender yourself. Flaunt your street cred—shun plain Jane mango and strawberry for vaguely exotic guava. Best recycled-wood picnic table, solar-powered, parking lot drunk ever.”

Woo!

Our garden is award winning!

Native Plants at Habana Outpost

Our garden got props today thanks to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s “Greenest Block in Brooklyn” contest who named us one of the top three greenest storefronts in all of BK!

Book Your Parties/Events in the Lowpost!

Last year’s opening party:

Did you know that we have a private basement lounge area called the Lowpost? 

Did you know you can rent the space for events, like your kid’s birthday party, your own party, karaoke, a movie screening, fundraisers, and more?

If interested, please email press@ecoeatery.com with a complete event proposal.

Youth Going Green!

Today, a class from the Urban Assembly Institute for Math and Science for Young Women came by today to get a Green Tour and have a little fun at Habana!  The UAIMSYW (a mouthful!!) is a public elementary and high school in Brooklyn.  These girls are participating in a summer program on urban ecology, and they stopped by for a tour and a recycled craft exercise.

Click the link for more pics from the day…

It’s National Tequila Day!!!

Picture courtesy of hopeforvicki’s photostream on Flickr.

So today is National Tequila Day … and what better place to celebrate it than your favorite neighborhood haunt, Habana Outpost, drinking our world-famous (and might I add POTENT) frozen margaritas!

It’s the weekend and all, but if you need some preventative measures for that morning “hangover” (it’s all in your head, by the way) … try out some of these ”cures” that may (or may not) help you out the next day (and keep reading for this weekend’s events)

New Art Show by Joseph Madres

Yes, it’s that time again … time for a new art exhibit here at Habana Outpost!  This show will be up until August 3rd, so be sure to stop by and check it out.  Artist info and more pics on the next page …