El Faro Restaurant is a small Spanish food emporium located at 823 Greenwich Street in Manhattan, New York's West Village since it opened in 1927. Its first set of owners, Manuel Rivas and Edwardo Cabana, ran the establishment as a Spanish bar and grill. This area of New York was heavily populated with Irish immigrants who worked in the nearby meatpacking houses, which still stand today. The restaurant is located near 14th Street, an area close to Eighth Avenue that became known as "Little Spain".