Moe Aljaff and Juliette Larrouy — the team behind Two Schmucks, the Barcelona bar that landed at number seven on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2022 — make their U.S. debut at the corner of First Avenue and East 6th Street. Larrouy, a Ferrandi-trained former sous chef who worked at Paris's Le Syndicat, brings a kitchen's precision to a tightly edited cocktail list: Bread With Tomatoes, the Swedish-inspired Fika, a clarified Caramelized Apple. The room splits in two — the seated Living Room with its steel bar and leather seating, and the walk-in Kitchen Table behind a separate First Avenue entrance, built to feel like a house party's natural hub. For an East Village bar that runs on flavor and graceful service rather than spectacle.