Eating In Translation

Superior Market

Prowling upper Broadway by night, I came face to face with jagua.

Keur A.A. Maty African Caribbean Market

Pronounced as in "buoy your spirits."

Let's Eat Soul Food Restaurant

According to a passing postal carrier, Let's Eat Soul Food opened in the 1970s, then after a time closed, opened again in the 1980s, then, eventually, closed again. It's been gone now at least 15 years, he added, except for the sign — on which the only suggestion of soul food is a plate of pancakes, slanted to fit between an ice cream cone, a burger, and what to all appearances is a lime rickey.

Let's Eat Soul Food Restaurant (closed)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. at 151st St.

Chinese United Methodist Church

Sure, twist my arm.

Patacon con Too

“Too” is pronounced “toe,” reflecting the Dominican pronunciation of “todo” — “everything” — as in, “give me a patacón with everything on it.”

Bogota Latin Bistro

Not every patacón is a sandwich.

Seba Seba

They're toasted.

Latitude Zero

(This venue is closed.) Emplantainada?

El Coquí

(This venue is closed.) The little green fellow isn't on the menu.

Tepeyac Grocery & Bakery

Hey, shorty.