Some restaurants open to fill a clear need—and some restaurants strike a note so right that they seem as if they were needed all along. I didn't know that 14th Street needed a 24-hour Cuban diner, polished but homey, Latin-and-American, with cheery yellow walls and remarkable desserts and
Maná and
Juanes as the soundtrack. But now that I've been, it seems the most logical idea in the world.
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Photos: Sara Markel-Gonzales Want More? View more Queens roundups » This week, to celebrate spring, I went on a search for something sweet. A cookie seemed like a good idea—and a South American cookie sounded even better. Alfajores are...
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[Photograph: Nikki Goldstein] Growing up in a Hispanic family, Sunday breakfast often consisted of homemade arepas with scrambled eggs. The smell of sizzling diced tomatoes and scallions (my favorite additions) would waft from the kitchen into my bedroom, waking...
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There's a new restaurant row in town, and it's in a most unlikely location: Twelfth Avenue in the 130s. Tucked among Riverside Park, Talay is a pretty serious Asian-Latin restaurant from the Chef of Kuma Inn.
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