Take-out: Yes Accepts Credit Cards: Yes Bike Parking: Yes Good for Groups: Yes
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$ Price range Under $10
3 reviews
Jaquelyn Bryant
The place to be for everything Puerto Rico without leaving New York. If you are curious or are familiar with Puerto Rican Products, culture and cuisine, this is the place for you. Located in Brooklyn, who knew that a shortcut to Puerto Rico existed right in our backyard.
Hot Food is also served here, you are able to sit down and enjoy some typical Puerto Rican dishes such as: Alcapurrias, Pasteles, Sancocho, Rice and Beans etc.
Pasteles and desserts are made fresh on the premises.
I recommend this place if you ever curious to try or are in the mood for some good Puerto Rican EVERYTHING.
On some weekends i like to hang out with my parents and that's always a good excuse to take a trip here. 2 Birds with 1 stone! There a fresh market here where you can always find fresh Puerto Rican/Dominican produce. Yucca, Peppers, onions, cilantro, garlic, jamon(cooking ham), Balacao(Salted Cod) and much more. They even have pre-made Sofrito(Puerto RIcan blend of produce). But hey no need to splurge on that when you have all the ingredients necessary to make your own. Now on to my favorite place…I don't know the name but its a little food spot once you enter(through the Moore Street entrance) on the right hand side. O-M-G they have SORULLITOS! You can find these in P.R. and they look like Mozzarella sticks but there's no cheese and they are kinda sweet…like a long corn fritter. They also have your usual "Frituras" like Empanadas beef or chicken, Alcapurias(like an empanada but made out of green banana) and Relleno de papa.
If you walk further down you'll find another place to eat. This one however has more of a lunch/dinner variety. According to my mom their food is good. Hopefully next time I'll try not to get full of Sorullitos and Empanadas so i can try them out!
BTW: Sorullitos are 3 for $1 and Empanadas and Alcapurias are $1-$2!
Sad to say that over the years, places like this have been hard to come by. I have been coming to this market, AKA La Marketa, since I was a little girl. It was the place I went to for "street food". This past weekend, i was on a mission to make pasteles again with my mother. We were hitting up the local grocery store and the prices were kinda outrageous. It suddenly hit her that the market was open and not too far away. So we walked over to Moore street. Upon entering the market, the first thing you can smell are the pasteles boiling in banana leaves. Que Milagro! when I dont want to slave for hours making my own pasteles, i can come here and buy some! Also, in addition to the kiosks with your spanish grocery needs, there are botanicas to get your annointing oil and your mini statues of St. Mary. And lets not forget about all the vendors that manufacture their own pastele grinder machines! A good time to find one would be around Thanksgiving since they are mainly used around Christmas time, but if you request it, they will make one for you! I will be making another batch of pasteles soon and Im coming here for my yautia and banana leaves!
The place to be for everything Puerto Rico without leaving New York. If you are curious or are familiar with Puerto Rican Products, culture and cuisine, this is the place for you. Located in Brooklyn, who knew that a shortcut to Puerto Rico existed right in our backyard.
Hot Food is also served here, you are able to sit down and enjoy some typical Puerto Rican dishes such as: Alcapurrias, Pasteles, Sancocho, Rice and Beans etc.
Pasteles and desserts are made fresh on the premises.
I recommend this place if you ever curious to try or are in the mood for some good Puerto Rican EVERYTHING.
On some weekends i like to hang out with my parents and that's always a good excuse to take a trip here. 2 Birds with 1 stone! There a fresh market here where you can always find fresh Puerto Rican/Dominican produce. Yucca, Peppers, onions, cilantro, garlic, jamon(cooking ham), Balacao(Salted Cod) and much more. They even have pre-made Sofrito(Puerto RIcan blend of produce). But hey no need to splurge on that when you have all the ingredients necessary to make your own. Now on to my favorite place…I don't know the name but its a little food spot once you enter(through the Moore Street entrance) on the right hand side. O-M-G they have SORULLITOS! You can find these in P.R. and they look like Mozzarella sticks but there's no cheese and they are kinda sweet…like a long corn fritter. They also have your usual "Frituras" like Empanadas beef or chicken, Alcapurias(like an empanada but made out of green banana) and Relleno de papa.
If you walk further down you'll find another place to eat. This one however has more of a lunch/dinner variety. According to my mom their food is good. Hopefully next time I'll try not to get full of Sorullitos and Empanadas so i can try them out!
BTW: Sorullitos are 3 for $1 and Empanadas and Alcapurias are $1-$2!
Sad to say that over the years, places like this have been hard to come by. I have been coming to this market, AKA La Marketa, since I was a little girl. It was the place I went to for "street food".
This past weekend, i was on a mission to make pasteles again with my mother. We were hitting up the local grocery store and the prices were kinda outrageous. It suddenly hit her that the market was open and not too far away. So we walked over to Moore street. Upon entering the market, the first thing you can smell are the pasteles boiling in banana leaves.
Que Milagro! when I dont want to slave for hours making my own pasteles, i can come here and buy some!
Also, in addition to the kiosks with your spanish grocery needs, there are botanicas to get your annointing oil and your mini statues of St. Mary. And lets not forget about all the vendors that manufacture their own pastele grinder machines!
A good time to find one would be around Thanksgiving since they are mainly used around Christmas time, but if you request it, they will make one for you!
I will be making another batch of pasteles soon and Im coming here for my yautia and banana leaves!