Rossy's Bakery & Coffee Shop

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"One of our coworkers recently told us that a Dominican restaurant is only as good as its red beans. Using this logic, Rossy’s on East 2nd Street is a paradise. This bakery has a full counter dedicated to various stews and roasted meat like pollo guisado and pernil, as well as crispy pastelitos filled with ground beef and cubes of partially melted queso. The savory options rotate daily, but they always serve bistec con salsa. Get this with some white rice to soak up the garlic and tomato steak juice, as well as sweet plantains and soupy red beans for textural contrast. Also, if you prefer your morir soñando (an orange-based dairy drink that’s popular in the DR) to be milkier than it is citrus-y, you’ll likely scream over Rossy’s version." - hannah albertine