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Grand Morelos is a Mexican Diner and an Institution
June 19, 2013 in Fork in the Road
Jake LindemanGrand Morelos on Grand Avenue in East Williamsburg is a 24-hour Mexican diner that specializes in quinceaera cakes and never-ending cups of 90 cent coffee. The restaurant does more...
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Tacos Cachanilla Serves Up Chicharron Preparado
June 12, 2013 in Fork in the Road
LindemanChicharron preparado, a popular Mexican snack, has many guises. All start with a crispy chip of chicharron (fried pork skin), which serves as a blank canvas for various toppings and...
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Pigging Out at Fonda's Feast of Cochinita Pibil
May 13, 2013 in Fork in the Road
Scarlett Lindeman It took full, active engagement of the servers' biceps to lower the cochinita pibil onto the table. The pibil, an entire pork shoulder slow-roasted and burnished with achiote, the...
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A Closer Look at Tres Carnes' Texas-Style BBQ
April 29, 2013 in Fork in the Road
Brisket taco drenched with toppings Many people have been comparing the Flatiron's new Tres Carnes to the fast-casual model of Chipotle, with its assembly-line and infinitely customizable tacos and burritos. But...
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That Ain't Coconut Water, It's Pulque
April 22, 2013 in Fork in the Road
Scarlett Lindeman Among the cans of Sprite and bottles of Jarritos at Mexican bodegas, restaurants, and grocery-with-a-taqueria-in-back hybrids throughout the city, there may be the occasional can of pulque ($2-$2.50) on...
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El Giro Gallo Truck Only Comes Out at Night
April 11, 2013 in Fork in the Road
Ericka Martins Of the coterie of taco trucks that line Roosevelt Avenue from Woodside to Corona, El Gallo Giro is one of the most popular. It's a cart that only comes...
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Tasting Mexico's Obscure Chicken-Filtered Mezcal
April 02, 2013 in Fork in the Road
Scarlett LindemanSipping pechuga at Cario Recently, tequila has been sharing shelf space with more interesting agave-based alcohols. At bars around the city, artisanal mezcal, bacanora, and pulque are catching the eye...
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The Wonderful World of Offal at El Tenampa
March 20, 2013 in Fork in the Road
Scarlett LindemanEl Tenampa's tacos (left to right): panza negra, carne enchilada, panza blanca Out on 21st Street in Brooklyn, in the neighborhood that real-estate agents like to call the South Slope...
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Huazontle, a Mexican Spring Green That's Rarer Than Ramps
March 15, 2013 in Fork in the Road
Scarlett Lindeman While seasonal foodie rapture over ramps and fiddlehead ferns is starting up, there's another vegetable that's also having a moment--and is even harder to find. Huazontle, a sturdy edible...
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Tortas Miss the Mark at April Bloomfield's Salvation Taco
March 05, 2013 in Fork in the Road
Scarlett Lindeman The press has been fawning over Salvation Taco, April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman's Mexican-inspired bar in Murray Hill, ever since it opened two months ago, and for good reason--the...
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A Sole Cup of Birria at Tacos El Bronco
February 14, 2013 in Fork in the Road
Scarlett Lindeman Those who have tasted a good bowl of birria, the Mexican soup from Jalisco made from toasted chiles and roasted goat, know it's a soup that inspires a rapture...
