New Brooklyn Restaurant Named After Poison Armpit Primate

PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN — A new Korean restaurant named after a doe-eyed primate with poisonous armpits is coming to the neighborhood this spring, according to city records and reports.

Slow Loris owner Tae-Hyun Han hopes to open his new restaurant at 556 Flatbush Ave. by the end of March, he told Flatbushed.com.

Han — whose family runs several produce markets in Brooklyn — said the veggie-focused menu will feature Korean food staples such as bibimbap, barbecue and kimchi, according to Flatbushed.com.

When it opens, Slow Loris will become the 19th Korean restaurant in Brooklyn and the first in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, according Health Department records.

The eatery is named after a southern Asian primate that poisons attackers by rubbing its armpit secretions on its teeth, then biting, according to National Geographic.

The restaurant is waiting to be approved for a beer, wine and cider permit, New York State Liquor Authority records show.

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