The Best Restaurants In East Harlem - New York - The Infatuation

"This Puerto Rican restaurant is another staple of Spanish Harlem. Families file into booths at dinner and brunch, sharing tail-on shrimp monfongo and plátanos in garlicky salsa de ajo or salsa tomate. Or, try the chuleta kan kan too, a cut of pork first created in Puerto Rico in 1957. Not in the mood for meat? You can get vegan jackfruit pernil, mushroom meat mofonguitos, and more plant-based comida puertorriqueña at La Fonda on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, when Black Rican Vegan’s pop-up takes over the kitchen." - neha talreja, sonal shah, hannah albertine