"Dell Rooster is an all-day Latin American restaurant that has great food and works for all sorts of situations. The space is decorated in cute chicken murals and plays salsa music at a volume that’s still a vibe but doesn’t force you to scream across the table. The food is affordable (most dishes hover between $15-30), and servers enthusiastically walk you through the menu—explaining the origin of each dish and offering suggestions. Which is easy to do since everything is a hit. The oxtail sitting on fried sweet plantains is an example of a shared plate that shouldn’t be shared, and the cheese-filled Colombian-style sweet corn cake covered in a rich vegetable seems like the culmination of a farmer’s life work." - adrian kane, veda kilaru, john ringor, nick allen