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A Taste of Virginia's

20260119

Off Avenue B on 3rd Street, warm light and energetic conversations swirl within garage-style windows, and people sit at tables outside, adorned with cocktails and tins of fries. Servers in dark t-shirts weave through guests with casual, concentrated confidence, bringing plates of little gem salads to candlelit tables accented with red-striped napkins. Menus from popular restaurants from around the world hang in frames, covering every wall of the interior. In the back corner, a wooden bar counter stands in front of an arching mirror wall with bottles of booze on shelves, and a bartender shakes rounds of martinis.

Virginia’s, an East Village modern take on the American Bistro, bustles straight through three years of their current location, filling with regulars and tourists each day for dinner and weekend brunch. With a consistent menu centered around their staple burger and martini, the restaurant represents a laid-back approach to the classic bistro dinner without sacrificing quality. In addition to a menu full of locally-sourced ingredients and elevated versions of traditional dishes like steak frites and oysters, Virginia’s takes pride in its level of service dedicated to every table.

Much like most restaurants in New York, amongst the team of waitstaff are artists and creatives who bring life to Virginia’s shifts while working on their own careers after clocking out.

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AND CETERA...

Elisa Vasquez started at Waiting… as a communications and editorial intern, and has since filled a multitude of roles for our team. Over the past handful of months, she’s managed our artists and their event schedules, helped brainstorm and organize this very newsletter every week, co-interviewed a few artists, and written a piece on Luis Miguel Ibarra in our Edition 3. Elisa is finishing up at Columbia University with some time at The Fashion Institute of Technology under her belt, as well. Accordingly, we rely on her energetic, in-the-loop spirit to keep us from aging too quickly or going fashion-deaf. To learn more about Elisa, check out the Q&A we did with her.

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Name

Elisa Vasquez

Hometown

Dallas, Texas

Role

Editorial & Communications

How long have you been with Waiting…?

Since June of 2025

What’s your favorite way to spend $20 in the city?

Gin martini, extra dirty, with olives (I wish they didn't cost $20, but alas here we are)

Where’s your favorite spot to work on Waiting… or your own art?

On the winter the perfect place to work is in my bed with my cat, but, when it’s warm, I prefer to write by any body of water that is accessible to me

What’s your first memory of your medium that you now contribute?

When I was seven I spent my summer attempting to write a YA novel in a spiral notebook

What NYC monument would you be?

Either the Sea Glass Carousel or the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park, both very serious and important monuments

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