Barbara Sibley

Barbara Sibley and Margaritte Malfy are co-owners and co-chefs of the two critically acclaimed La Palapa restaurants in Manhattan. Barbara is a native of Mexico City, and Margaritte has traveled extensively throughout Mexico. Both worked in New York City restaurants for several years before opening La Palapa Cocina Mexicana in the East Village in 2000 and La Palapa Rockola in the West Village in 2003.

Barbara Sibley and Margaritte Malfy are co-owners and co-chefs of the two critically acclaimed La Palapa restaurants in Manhattan. Barbara is a native of Mexico City, and Margaritte has traveled extensively throughout Mexico. Both worked in New York City restaurants for several years before opening La Palapa Cocina Mexicana in the East Village in 2000 and La Palapa Rockola in the West Village in 2003. See less