True family restaurants are hard to find these days. Orlando remembers when his father opened a restaurant around ‘95 when he was 4 years old (yea, do the math on how old this hard working young man is). Then Spanish Harlem started gentrifying and they were forced to move further East in search of lower [...]
Articles posted in ‘Latin’
Cafe Ollin
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Caracas Arepa Bar and Roneria
Friday, January 8, 2010
I’ve never eaten in the overly popular
Caracas Arepa Bar 93 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003 in the East Village. My club days are over and I don’t enjoy squeezing up against people as beer spills on me. I probably wouldn’t have tried their new
Brooklyn location [...]
Yerba Buena
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Yerba Buena means mint in most Spanish speaking countries and it refers to a different species of mint depending on where you are. In New York,
Yerba Buena One Perry Street, New York, NY 10014 is the hip Latin restaurant, with two locations. I met Bianca at the newer West Village spot, [...]
Porto’s Bakery
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
It’s been several decades now since
Porto’s Bakery Location 315 , Glendale, CA 91203 started up. Originally in a house in Cuba, then in Los Angeles, and now with two locations and over 20,000 sq. ft. of work space, Porto’s is rocking. And it’s a good thing, too; because when FoodMayhem [...]
Blend
Monday, August 3, 2009
Justin and Sophia went with us to Long Island City this weekend, where the first stop was brunch.
Blend 47-04 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, NY 11101, a latin fusion restaurant, has a free OJ or coffee with brunch, and the prices are quite reasonable.
Having gone with our waiter’s recommendation, my Huevos [...]
Brunch at Macondo
Monday, July 20, 2009
We were driving on East Houston, heading for the Williamsburg bridge, when we spotted
Macondo 157 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10002. I was drawn in by the laid back, yet hip feel of the place so we decided on a spontaneous brunch there. I sat at the front bar facing [...]
Francisco’s Centro Vasco
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Francisco’s Centro Vasco Francisco’s Centro Vasco is a Lobster place and that is what you should eat there. You don’t need to do any picking other than the size of lobster you want to eat. They have sizes from 1 1/4 lb to about 9 lbs regularly. Bigger ones vary on availability but they sometimes [...]
Mercadito Grove
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Last night, St. Patrick’s Day, seemed like any other weekday night out during this recession. I didn’t see or hear any crazy party people. I thought I would have to battle crowds last night and only agreed to go out because Tracy (a friend that recently moved to DC) is in town for work. We [...]
La Cueva Del Chango
Friday, February 27, 2009
We had our hopes set high for breakfast at La Cueva Del Chango. It came highly recommended from Caroline and Eddie, and also Grace from Grace is Full. It may very well be an awesome breakfast place, but it seems we may never know. It was an odd experience for us at the Monkey Cave. [...]
Tortas in Playa del Carmen
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Remember the other day, when we hunted for tacos? Well, we also spotted several interesting shops to buy tortas (sandwiches). Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), I couldn’t eat as many different tortas as I did tacos, they’re just too big. So I tried to pick the two [...]
