An Eclectic Cafe on Macdougal Street

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Mustard beurre blanc is an unusual sauce for pasta with clams, but Babs, a new restaurant in Greenwich Village, is full of unusual and interesting ideas.

Jenny Huang for The New York Times

An Eclectic Cafe on Macdougal Street

Babs, which opened over the summer, brings together ideas from the Basque Country, Mexico and elsewhere.