Others said they were offended. But the restaurant, whose name is a mashup of white and Mexicans, is real, and opened earlier this month on Northern Boulevard in the heart of Jackson Heights. Cristina Furlong, a longtime neighborhood resident and member of Community Board 3, wished the restaurant well on Facebook but urged the owners to change the name, given heightened immigration enforcement and "people self-deporting."
The show, which debuted on the streaming service last month, seems loosely based on the Spotted Pig. Like the actual West Village restaurant that was mired in controversy following the explosive allegations of sexual misconduct against its primary owner, Ken Friedman, the fictional Black Rabbit is the setting for its own string of controversies that play out over eight episodes.
