"This Lower East Side standby, open at 8 a.m. every morning for breakfast, is a bastion of Dominican food, with regular diner classics like burgers, two-egg breakfasts, and sirloins with mushroom sauce thrown in. Nevertheless, the emphasis is still on homestyle island fare, including shrimp mofongo, chicharrons de pollo, and arroz con gandules. But the decor is pure diner, sporting a lunch counter lined with twirling stools." - Melissa McCart, Robert Sietsema