The food is phenomenal! Just what I needed. The lady working here was also so sweet!!read more

Lunch at the Costa Rican ristorante Tucanes (Toucan) in Prospect Park, NJ was such a wonderful…read moreexperience. The food is amazing and the service is wonderful. We had plentiful plates of arroz con camarones (shrimp) y arroz con steak with jugo de guana'bana y jugo (juice) de maracuya (passion fruit). Also, we had an outrageous tres leches for dessert!! GO!!

Although I'm Latina all Latin food is NOT the same. This restaurant is Costa Rican and the food was…read moredelicious! It is cute, clean, & homey...like being in your friend's kitchen. The young lady serving us was sweet and attentive. FOOD...fresh, tasty but not overly seasoned, and savory. I'm a soup girl and this soup made my top 3. Hubby LOVED his dish and we were amazed by their rice pudding dessert, YUM! A special shout-out for empanadas WOOHOO! Hubby is Cuban and I'm Colombian & Puerto Rican and these Costa Rican empanadas go to the #1 spot on our list!!! Prices are definitely reasonable :) FYI street parking, cash or credit card has service fee, sit-down or takeout, closed on Tuesdays.

From the owner: Traidtional Costa Rican latin kitchenread more

Taste awful I ordered pork chop they burn them on top of that they fried pork chop had a fishy…read moresmell.

Truly the best food I've ever had in my life. The lomo saltado and pescado frito are the stars of…read morethe show. I make the 2 hour drive to come here whenever I can.

Pretty good chimi truck in Paterson, NJ. Follow them on Instagram for an accurate location…read more@ChimiParranda The picadera was pretty good. Super fresh. Called on a late Saturday night and my order was ready within 30 minutes. I would definitely suggest calling ahead. I also tried their chimi de res. Nothing out of this world, but it was decent.

I had the pleasure of trying Chimi Parranda and I was blown away by the delicious domincan fast…read morefood that they serve. Their menu is filled with a variety of options. I enjoyed their chimichurri. The portions were generous and the prices were very reasonable. The staff were also very friendly .

The octopus salad (ensalada de pulpo) is the best in the area close to eating in PR that you will…read morebe able to find around. The mofongo is good too. A little pricey for the Octopus salad portion but good enough to go back as a craving.

This is the worst place to buy food from. The food has no…read moreflavor at all,and they use way to much salt. Wiil never go back.

Stopped in Friday for lunch. Had the fried shrimp. Came with tostones and the most delicious tarter…read moresauce. The whole lunch was so good. And it was a lot of food. The restaurant itself was cozy and comfortable. I ate in. But there was a good amount of take out traffic too. So that must be good. Highly recommend!

Food is great however they get one star because I can't give 0…read moreI placed an order at 6:26 pm was told 30-45 min it's now 8:25 and I still have not gotten my order Customer service sucks here Then after over 2 hrs they know nothing of my order and then said they know nothing about the order then that they gave it to another person which that person left with no food Do not go here

Don't let the faded vinyl floor and chipped walls scare you off, the food more than makes up for…read morethe decoration shortcomings. Best Jalea I have had in the Tri-state area, and cebiche de camarones was excellent.

Ok so I was driving past and I seee this truck so of course I gotta try it out looked at the…read morereviews on YELP and ordered the Peruvian sandwich it was so good I had to wrap it up I need to save this for when I get In the house and put on one of my shows and puff puff a lil bit yesssss I said it !!! It's a puff puff pass and eat type of sandwich if you don't know u Betta get your tired ass to Getty ave in Paterson and get u one too cause nobody taking a bite of This one!!!

Tried this food truck at this food truck festival at the nj jackals stadium in Clifton. There were…read morea ton of trucks but this one looked good so I had to try it out. I went with the carnitas taco and the pernil empanada. I was supposed to share the taco with my wife but I ended up eating the whole thing. Delicious. The empanada was also good. The crust was flaky and held together well. The filling was flavorful with the pernil cooked just right. Sometimes pernil can get dry because it is cooked for a long time and it is a science to make it right. They had a bunch of people working in the truck so it looks like they are always busy. I would definitely check it out if you see it. Prices are reasonable and they do a solid job of making it authentic.

I was having coffee nearby and one of the other customers told me about Hands Down Cookies. More…read morespecifically, he told me about the smashed chocolate chip cookie. I was sold on the texture and hint of salt. The shop is clean and modern, gentleman behind the counter was friendly and professional. The smashed cookie was fresh out of the oven. $4 for a decently sized cookie. I showed some willpower and waited until I got home to eat it. Let's just say, it was gone in less than a minute! Absolutely delicious! Maybe I would have gone for a touch more salt but it was a great cookie. I would certainly return.

I feel over the years that my fans have not quite understood the quality, range and experience of…read moremy sweet tooth. I once through a disco at nabisco. I'm well known in Girl Scout cookie circles across the country, for all the wrong reasons. Cookies show up out of nowhere at my door every year at the holidays and ridiculous sums of money are withdrawn from my brittle bank account without my knowledge. Don't know how, should probably care but don't. I take life seriously but not too seriously. I take myself seriously but not too seriously. That my friends is what I'm coining the Serious Sanity Scale. Serious Sanity Scale in a nutshell. The ideal overachievers of folks take themselves seriously and life seriously. However, they don't take themselves or life too seriously. This is a key difference, one to think about, I don't have the time to define it. I care about it enough to present but not to describe. Then there are others, who don't take themselves or life seriously enough. A crowd that wouldn't even know they were within a crowd of similar individuals. There are some that strive or pretend to be like this, but this style of living is innate, if you ask me. And it is typically temporary, like the tubbyness of my tummy. Or so I try to convince myself. It's been years. When will it disappear. Where are my abs. Underneath? Or uncapturable. Stop it tubby nobody cares about the never ending lint in your bustling belly button. Anyways, back to cookies. I kuddled up with the Keebler leprechaun for 4 straight semesters abroad in Northern Ireland. We basically lived at Sainsbury's grocery. He still calls me hear and there, good guy, the reason I'm known as El Grande Fudge Lover. I was the first man to call Amos, famous. Nutter Butter was my nickname in HS. I dated Mrs. Fields until I tasted her overly sugary mess of a cookie. My pet mule paco's favorite toy is my life size Little Debby doll... anyways. Hands Down Cookies is hands down a great addition to Bergen County. Sweets make me sweat. They get me antsy. Butterflies in the tummy. Bite the lip energy. Eye contact so strong that both parties feel they've violated each other. Ya feel me? Anyways... get the chunkier chocolate chip not the thinner one. The chunker? 9.2. Yup. So chocolatey, so tasty. Have confirmed this over multiple tastes, tried and true. They have a different few everytime I end up going. Some duds but a lot of studs, such as the apple crumb punk in the image I blessed you with. I hope they get a ton of business but I'm usually the only one in there. I do go at odd hours so maybe I'm unaware of their popularity. What am I doing with my life. Who am I? What will I become... all things I'll focus on at another time. My focus right now is on getting YOU, my lovely reader, out to Hands Down Cookies on Goffle Road. A truly great and unique cookie collection. Linguini leaves you semi-entertained but fully-educated.