Many tortas are named for their key ingredients; a choriqueso, for example, includes sausage and cheese. Others look to some purported place of inspiration, such as the Hawaiiana, which features you-know-what. The torta embarazada ($5.50), or "pregnant" torta, perhaps took its name from protein-rich fillings that address the cravings of mothers-to-be. Or, perhaps, from being stuffed so full — with scrambled egg, sausage and Mexican sausage (read: sliced hot dogs and chorizo), plus bean and mayonnaise spreads, tomato, jalapeno, avocado, and white cheese — that it's ready to burst.
Also shown: a frontal view of Nely's, with signs that advertise a BLT as well as a pambazo; and the restaurant's outdoor mural, which dwarfs the dining room, and which you might easily miss unless you turn the corner.
Nely's Restaurant
180 South Broadway (at Herriot St.), Yonkers, New York
914-613-9573
