CHEFS/OWNERS SKAI & RAYMOND MOHAN OF LOLO'S ON THE WATER

Chef Raymond Mohan and Leticia "Skai" Young are elated to share their passion for travel and island flavors at LoLo's Seafood Shack in Harlem. The LoLo's experience is inspired by the locally-owned, locally-operated, seaside eateries, referred to as lolos, which they encountered while living abroad in the British West Indies. Chef Raymond Mohan has created a variety of nostalgic offerings from island-styled BBQ to coastal comfort foods of the Cape to Caribbean street eats like johnny cakes.

Born on a market street in Guyana, Chef Raymond Mohan's culinary interest developed as a child while accompanying his mother to the market to shop for the family's roadside stand. They sold Guyanese specialties such as mavi, sardine sandwiches, and Indian specialties. Mohan's love of culture and food set the stage for his career once they moved to United States.

A graduate of New York Restaurant School, Chef Mohan apprenticed under renowned chefs Wayne Nish at March Restaurant, Jean-Georges Vongerichten at Vong, and David Burke, before becoming Douglas Rodriguez's Chef de Cuisine at Patria, Aquarella in Puerto Rico, Pipa, and Chicama (a Peruvian ceviche bar).

Leticia was born in East Harlem and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the entrepreneurship program of the French Culinary Institute.

We invite you to dive on in to our secret backyard and cannot wait to share our newest restaurant, LoLo's on the Water, opening this April at Pier 57 in downtown Manhattan where the menu will focus on street foods that dot the Caribbean coast from Belize on down to Guyana!