Brief · Food & Wine
A New East Village Bar Channels the Joy of a Filipino House Party
Get ready for a Filipino house party when June Baby, New York’s latest cocktail bar with ube coladas and pulutan, opens in the East Village on Wednesday, October 28, at 197 Second Avenue, between East 12th and 13th streets. Co-owners and couple Roxanne Diaz Bangalan and Darwin Pornel and their partner Ben Rojo started June Baby as a pop-up in 2025 to create spaces for Filipinos, Filipino Americans