JC Rosario, Zion, and Daniel Rosario
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Zion’s Casa Crudos Lands in Wynwood With Ceviche, Neon, and a Whole Lot of Swagger
Written by Eric Barton | June 17, 2025
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AUTHOR BIO: Eric Barton is editor of The Adventurist and a freelance journalist who has reviewed restaurants for more than two decades. Email him here.
You could call Casa Crudos a restaurant, but that would be underselling it.
It's more like the love child of a Tokyo izakaya and a Puerto Rican house party—conceived by a reggaeton legend and raised by a pair of hospitality-minded twins who treat neon like a design principle.
Zion, of Zion y Lennox fame, is the headliner here, but the real story is what happens when music royalty partners with Daniel and JC Rosario, two brothers with a gift for turning culture into hospitality. Together, they’ve opened Casa Crudos, a Japanese-Latin fusion spot in Wynwood.
The Bang Bang Roll
The food doesn’t bother with restraint. The “OG Ceviche” is a maximalist delight—Corvina, shrimp, octopus, calamari, all marinated in rocoto and lime, with crispy yuca chips for texture. The “Bang Bang Roll” comes stuffed with tropical bravado, and the yuzu-glazed ribs are the kind of bar food Flanigan’s might serve if it spent a semester abroad in Kyoto.
The vibe? Somewhere between a hip-hop art gallery and a nightclub lobby. There’s a DJ booth next to the dining room, a giant astronaut statue in the corner, and a passport-themed menu that tries to send you from Wynwood to Shibuya via Santurce. They even slipped in a “Zun Da Da” roll for the fans.
The Casa Crudos bar
“I’ve always wanted to build something that honored my roots,” Zion said. “Not just Puerto Rican roots—but the creative energy that raised me.”
The patio
Buddha in a spacesuit, of course
Daniel Rosario says the idea came from Wynwood’s legacy as Little San Juan. So yes, Casa Crudos is a restaurant. But it’s also about turning that history into a place where the ceviche slaps and the cocktails come rimmed with burnt cocoa.
It opened June 6. There’s a happy hour from 5 to 8 p.m. most nights. Come for the ceviche, stay for the scene. I mean, what’s more Wynwood than a reggaeton singer serving ribs with a side of DJ booth?
