Under the Spell of Foul Witch, the New East Village Spot From Roberta’s

Jan 25, 2023 597

Foul Witch is an awful name for a restaurant. Even if you don’t know it comes from Shakespeare’s Tempest — in which Prospero calls Sycorax a foul witch from Algiers – it sounds like a dis aimed at Wiccans, who are as deserving of respect as any other religion.

Besides, shouldn’t a restaurant called Foul Witch be fancifully decorated with cauldrons, pentagrams, and tarot cards? (There may very well be a more Roberta’s-insidery “foul witch” reference but the group did not confirm where the name came from when Eater reached out.) Read on, Macduff!

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