Mofongo del Valle

"There are a lot of Dominican restaurants in and around Hamilton Heights, but this one’s good whenever a bunch of hungry friends decide to come over to your apartment at the last minute. Get a whole rotisserie chicken, a pile of crispy pork chicharron (which can also be mashed into a garlicky mofongo if they’re starving), plus a few sides like fried sweet plantains and rice and beans. The takeout meal will leave everyone full and happy—and asking to come over again for seconds." - the curious uptowner, sonal shah

"There are a lot of Dominican restaurants in and around Hamilton Heights, but this one's perfect whenever a bunch of hungry friends decide to come over at the last minute. Get a whole rotisserie chicken, a pile of crispy pork chicharron (which can also be mashed into a garlicky mofongo if they're starving), plus a few sides like the fried sweet plantains and the rice and beans, and you've got yourself a takeout meal that will leave everyone full and happy. And asking to come over again for seconds." - The Curious Uptowner

"Mofongo Del Valle is one of the better Dominican restaurants in Hamilton Heights, with a long and comfy marble lunch counter, and line of bicycle personnel waiting to zoom off with delivery orders. The place has a way with meal size soups — including ones made with cow foot, beef, and mixed seafood — but the best features a tough old hen stewed into total tenderness. The specialty is mofongo in a dozen variations, including a chicharron de mofongo that matches thick slices of pork with the crunchiest skin imaginable with the classic Dominican-style, deep-fried mofongo." - Robert Sietsema