Bonbon Lakay

"the Haitian snack shop Bonbon Lakay has launched a GoFundMe to restore their production space, which is “no longer operational.”" - Luke Fortney

"Bonbon Lakay is the kind of place you really want to have in your neighborhood. It’s an incredibly charming cafe with ample seating, and the food will make you want to walk back to the kitchen and personally thank the chef. The menu contains several riffs on the classic Haitian dish griot—we are deeply obsessed with their griot sandwich, a pile of BBQ sauce-smothered fried pork with sweet plantains, spicy pikliz, and white sauce barely contained by a potato roll. " - Carina Finn Koeppicus, Kenny Yang, Neha Talreja

"Bonbon Lakay is a cozy Park Slope spot with dance-y music that will get your blood pumping, and it’s the kind of place you really want to have in your neighborhood. It’s incredibly charming, and the food will make you want to walk back to the kitchen and personally thank the chef. The menu has nine different types of Haitian patties (oxtail, herring, and spinach, for example) as well as several riffs on griot. Go for the sandwich. It’s a pile of BBQ sauce-smothered fried pork with sweet plantains, spicy pikliz, and white sauce that’s all barely contained by a soft potato roll." - Nikko Duren, Carina Finn Koeppicus, Kenny Yang

"Bonbon Lakay is the kind of place you really want to have in your neighborhood. This Haitian cafe in Park Slope is incredibly charming, and the food will make you want to walk back to the kitchen and personally thank the chef. From the moment you walk through the door, you’re immersed in the good vibes of this cozy little spot. The dance-y music will get your blood pumping, and so will the very strong coffee or tart, not-too-sweet limeade, if caffeine isn’t your thing. You can grab some deeply satisfying food to go here—a patty makes for a perfect meal you can eat in transit—or sit and linger over one of the menu’s several variations on griot. We’re partial to the griot sandwich, which is so good we’d marry it if marrying sandwiches were a thing. The potato roll is extra soft, which provides a compelling textural contrast to crunchy, spicy pikliz and saucy, crisp fried pork." - Carina Finn