Chef Farideh Sadeghin and Bronx native and skateboarder Pedro Muñoz explore Puerto Rican restaurants in the Bronx, home to the city's largest population of Puerto Ricans.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Farideh Sadeghin is a chef and video host based in Brooklyn. As part of a new series, she explores New York City neighborhoods through their food and histories.The Bronx: home of Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo, as well as the birthplace of Cardi B, but also home to the largest population of Puerto Ricans in all the five boroughs and some of the best cuchifritos, lechón, and mofongo in the city.
Puerto Rican cooking is often referred to as “Cocina Criolla,” meaning Creole cooking. While most Americans associate Creole food primarily with Louisiana, in the Spanish-speaking islands, criollo refers to Spanish Americans of European descent. Bold and vibrant flavors are often words used to characterize the food of Puerto Rico, and that was exactly what we were looking for — and found! — on our day eating around the Bronx., a Caribbean outpost located on Alexander Avenue in the South Bronx.
Here you’ll find rice, beans, and your choice of meat, from rotisserie chicken to pork chops or roast pork, plus mofongo , pasteles , sancocho and more.
The trailer is parked at the corner of East 152nd Street and Wales Avenue and is only open on Saturday and Sunday. On the Sunday when we visited, we arrived just before noon. The lechonera wasn't due to open until 12:30 p.m., but a line had already formed and would continue to grow as the day went on. Parked next to Jimenez's trailer is his red vintage Chevrolet Impala. There’s a man milling about outside also selling pique in old liquor bottles.
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