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Coppelia: The 24-Hour Cuban Diner We Didn't Know We Needed

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. More

In The Midnight Hour: Pinalito City

For years, Clinton Restaurant—on the corner of Houston and Clinton Streets—was a favorite for cheap Latin food on the pierced lip of the Lower East Side. And despite a name change last February to "Pinalito City," the core of the restaurant remains the same, even if prices have not. Pinalito specializes in Cuban and Puerto Rican cuisine, though there is a menu of Mexican and Tex-Mex fare with chimichangas, fajitas, chalupas, and the like. It's tasty enough, but the South American foods are where they excel. More