"Last Saturday afternoon, David Linares and Elizabeth Reviriego got a surprising phone call. A major celebrity wanted to buy out their Palo Alto restaurant, Macarena, for a Super Bowl halftime show after-party. At first, they didn't know who it was; a few hours later, it was revealed to be the man of the hour himself: Bad Bunny. "I was shocked. At the beginning, I didn't believe it," Linares said. "We didn't know what to think, obviously, but then everything started moving so fast.""
"With only 24 hours to get the 180-seat Spanish tapas restaurant ready for the pop star, whose name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, it was a long night. They called diners to apologetically cancel their Sunday reservations, prepared a special "Benito Edition" menu for the party of 60 and covered up the floor-to-ceiling windows. On Sunday, Feb. 8, to prevent any leaks about Bad Bunny's location, Linares and Reviriego asked their entire team to leave their phones outside of the restaurant"
David Linares and Elizabeth Reviriego received a last-minute call from Bad Bunny asking to buy out their Palo Alto Spanish tapas restaurant for a Super Bowl halftime show after-party. The owners canceled reservations, created a special "Benito Edition" menu for a party of 60, covered windows and worked through the night to ready the 180-seat space. Staff were asked to leave phones outside to avoid leaks, and many employees reacted emotionally upon learning the guest. The pop star arrived with security but remained low-profile. He and his group enjoyed Macarena favorites such as paella, dry-aged rib eye, jamón Ibérico and tuna tartare.
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