So some great Puerto Rican friends of ours told us about this local spot with authentic Puerto Rican food. With my wife being Puerto Rican, she's always looking for food like back at home. The restaurant was the perfect little cafe type restaurant. They had all of the PR favorites on the menu like Pernil, Mofongo, Chuletas (fried pork chops) and many other PR treats. I ordered the fried pork chops with arroz con gondulez (pigeon peas). It was perfect, couldn't have been better. My wife went with the Pernil with rice and beans. The pernil ranked up there with some of the best I've ever had! I also got a chance to try to the mofongo, which was amazing as well. All total, I think our bill was just over $20.
This is how you run a small local restaurant. The owner even allows you to use the place as a meeting spot at night. You can't bring in our own food and drink but he doesn't charge you to use the restaurant. He only asks that 35 plates be purchased, which is not much. What a great idea for a family get together, domino tournament or any other reason to get a large group of people together for good food. Two huge thumbs up for El Nuyorican!!!!