Prices you cant beat with a baseball bat: A night with locals and the legendary owner of Bad Bunnys favorite New York bar

It’s been open for more than 50 years, but Caribbean Social Club is suddenly the hottest bar in Brooklyn.On Thursday night, the Puerto Rican watering hole on Grand Street in South Williamsburg was rammed with revelers eager to catch a glimpse of its octogenarian owner, Maria Antonia “Toñita” Cay.Cay, 85, has become a sensation since her appearance in Bad Bunny’s splashy Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, during which she was seen serving up a shot of liquor to the Latin superstar.“We came to meet Toñita,” patron Jaccia Sepulveda Parra, 34, told The Post as she sipped on rum and listened to Reggaeton music blasting from the speakers.The lawyer, who lives in Chile, was visiting New York with a pal, and the pair had braved icy temperatures to trek to the unassuming establishment.It turns out they weren’t disappointed, with Cay happy to entertain the starstruck tourists as other customers, old and new, danced, drank, and played dominoes and pool.Jose Humberto Perez, a longtime patron of Caribbean Social Club, told The Post that the halftime show has officially turned Toñita into “a movie star,” saying she could end up “at the Oscars” if Bad Bunny ever decides to make a film.Bad Bunny — real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — visits the bar whenever he’s in the Big Apple and has clearly become enamored with its owner. His first publicized appearance at Caribbean Social Club came in 2022, when he celebrated the release of his album Un Verano Sin Ti (A Summer Without You). “Oh, God, look who’s here?” Perez recalled thinking when he saw the music superstar show up for a drink.“I said, ‘The women are gonna go ballistic in there.

They’re going to go crazy.’” Perez, 63, was pleasantly surprised that Bad Bunny had popped into the bar by himself.“No entourage… Completely alone,” Perez stated.“He’s very respectful… a very humble human being.

And Toñita is the same way.”Brooklyn-born Perez, who is of Puerto Ri...