Dominican-Caribbean diner serving breakfasts, sandwiches, entrees

























"Dominican restaurants used to be a predominant feature of Lower East Side dining — and El Castillo is one of the few remaining, but luckily one of the best. Not only does it offer a classic Cuban sandwich, but it one ups that sainted formula with a Dominican sandwich, which flies paper Dominican flags. Fricasseed chicken and pork roast pernil also totally up to snuff, and the setting is diner-like and comfortable." - Eater Staff


Lunch date: Fab 5 Freddy, hip-hop pioneer


"A favorite neighborhood restaurant for figures like Fab 5 Freddy, Keith Haring, and Jean‑Michel Basquiat, remembered for reliably consistent, decent meals that regulars could count on even as hotels and high‑rises rose nearby." - Greg Morabito

"Bourdain visited longstanding Dominican restaurant El Castillo de la Jagua with hip-hop legend Fab Five Freddy." - Stefanie Tuder