By the plateful, Latin American food often comes on heavy, so you've got to love a menu that clears room for easy-going fare like pupusas (filled tortillas), pirujos (sandwiches), and the light bites known variously as antojitos and boquitas (can't say I understand the difference).
I'm looking forward to the rellenitos, or plantain filled with sweet black beans, and the pirujo con chile relleno, a stuffed-jalapeño-pepper sandwich. In winter, this busy little eatery also serves plantain and corn renditions of the hot beverages called atoles. When I stopped in, the plátano was unavailable; the atol de elote (ah-Toll day eh-Loh-tay; $2.50 for the equivalent of a "grande") was thin but sweet.
Antojitos Chapines
210 West Main St. (Ann St.-Rose Park), Stamford, Connecticut
(in the photo above, on the left; its sister bakery is on the right)
203-487-7431
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