Snacky Tunes

This week’s food guests are Tamy Rofe and Felipe Donnelly, husband and wife team behind beloved Colonia Verde in Fort Greene and newly opened Disco Tacos in Williamsburg. Felipe, a Colombian chef who spent his childhood throughout Spain, Brazil and Mexico, and Tamy, a sommelier, worked for award-winning global advertising agencies for more than a decade, before they began to host weekly dinner parties in their apartment. The dinner series quickly grew in popularity and evolved into pop-ups, and then their first restaurant in Soho, Comodo. In 2014, the restaurateurs opened James Beard award-nominated Colonia Verde, the Latin American restaurant in Fort Greene known for its sold-out Sunday Asado backyard party series featuring guest chefs from around the world. The team also operates Comparti, a full-service catering company, and Casa by Colonia Verde, a pantry and marketplace of curated prepared foods, fresh produce, home goods, wine and more.In Summer of 2020, they wanted to bring moments of joy during a stre