I Don't Know...We Kind of Like Mary Ann's...Kind Of.

We weren't aware that the budget TriBeCa Cosmopolitan Hotel is planning a takeover of vaguely gross, yet actually affordable chain mex hangout Mary Ann's, located next door on Duane and West Broadway.

Even though Mary Ann's is described as "nasty" and "do you actually eat here?" by friends from California, we are happy to have even one affordable Chili'sMexican restaurant in TriBeCa. If Mary Ann's closes, looks like we'll have to trudge all the way to over-priced Centrico (how, how does it stay in business?), where the food is only slightly better yet the prices are about twice as high.