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    La Isla Cuchifritos

    3.8 (98 reviews)
    Closed 9:30 am - 1:00 AM (Next day)
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    Michelle T.

    I spy through the corner of my eyes, the fried delicious steaming hot food that is through the window..perhaps that was what made my stomach growl. Decided to take a step in and had a great diner feeling. Ordered some fried delicious food in which they call of cuchifritos. The favorite was the empanada in which they call pastellios. Had some potato balls and plantains. Then decided to order their fried chicken and rice and beans to go. Boy was my bag heavy and to realize that it was insanely stuffed when I unwrapped it at home. The boyfriend completely approves of this place as he stuffed himself with food. The next week he asked to go to this place again and we ordered a pernil sandwich. Again, they did not disappoint!

    Steak and peppers
    John T.

    Super cheap for a plate full of food! Excellent place to fill up after a long day of work or to prep for a long day of work. I ordered the steak and peppers with rice and beans all for only $9.75. It was enough for myself and my girlfriend, and we had leftovers(of rice...) The crowd and neighborhood is a bit sketchy but that's the enjoyment of it, you never know who is going to walk in the restaurant.

    Alea O.

    The Bushwick gem, Las Isla Cuchifritos, (The Island of little fried things) ~ has been around for awhile as I found reviews online going back to 2003, but nothing on Yelp yet. The locals like to think of it as a "best kept secret" and I don't blame them as there is always a line of hungry personas at any time of day, (which tells me I can eat there and not worry about anything at all as millions of people can't be wrong). This is your typical NYC hole in the wall "ethnic" diner. There are no menus anywhere to be found, on the wall or otherwise, just a row of stainless steel containers filled with steaming rice dishes, pig soup, blood soup and different sauces, and innard type dishes (offal): things like pig ears in tomato gravy (orejas) and pork liver. The window is filled with fried codfrish fritters (bacalaitos) fried meat pies (pastellitos), fried potato ball stuffed with ground meat (papa relleno, fried stuffed casava cylinders (alcaparados), sweet plantains stuffed with chopped meat, blood sausages, and plantain mash and empanadas. My favorite thing to get is the rotisserie bbq chicken or pork. I like that they hack and piece it in front of you on a butcher block, I mean I don't know how else they would do it, but I just think it adds to the overall atmosphere of this place. I also have to get rice and beans on the side, they're nothing special but they go great with the tender, well-seasoned meat. This place has a lot of locals who frequent it. The main language is Spanish, and everyone is speaking some version of it in here, not English. If you don't know Spanish and you don't know Puerto Rican food and you are a vegetarian and/or afraid of getting meat in your mouth that doesn't come from the muscle of the animal do not go here because you will hate it. A sense of adventure must prevail upon you and you must be willing to just point and be happy with what you get, unless you go with the chicken or pork and rice and beans. At this place, like a lot of places I go, I don't always know what I am eating, but I usually don't care b/c it tastes good, (hello! island of *fried* things!). I like to be "transported" to another land and NYC is full of these places that are little islands of a culture and it's one of the things that makes this city so amazing to eat in. Please have a sense of adventure when dining here. Realize that if you go to Puerto Rico this is the kind of place you would go and have a quick lunch all the time, so this is the place to go when you are up for a little immersion in a culture. Then after or before you eat, be sure to walk down Graham for some shopping to just to bask in the atmosphere of this little cultural area in Brooklyn, The shops are your typical Payless and VM and department stores galore and Spanish bakeries so it's not like you're going to find anything you can't live without but the sidewalks are always packed with shoppers and it only takes ten minutes to walk up and down so it makes your trip over here for lunch or dinner a little more meaningful.

    My late night spot!
    Aleyah L.

    Delicious food. It's like a mix of Puerto Rican food and Cuban food. This is my late night spot. I love the mofongo, pasteles & the Cuchifritos. I Definitely recommend this as a place to add to your list of food spots.

    All this food for $11. Super cheap. Open 24/7. Cash only.

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    Absolutely delicious!! Service was pleasant..... Loved it.. This is our spot for home cooked food

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    I love this place! I've been eating here all my life. My mom used to take me as a kid. The food always tasted the same

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    14 years ago

    1/2 a chicken with rice and beans for $5.50. Cant beat it. The food and prices are awesome!

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    (45 reviews)
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    OMG!! These…read moreempanadas are seriously the best tasting empanadas I ever had. Immediately I was going to rate them lower due to size and no labeling but the taste was truly made with lots of love. I ordered 4 via Ubereats, totaling roughly $24 with 3 sauces. I ordered the Chicken macaroni and cheese, Ropa Vieja, Americano and a Pastelon. Every single one of them were on point, warm and crispy. My only true complaint is that they're super small. Better for my calorie intake I guess lol. The meat was extremely well seasoned, cheese was melted, plantain was sweet. The edges were crispy and the flavors together were delicious. The avocado sauce is way too thick. It's more like a thick heavy cream. The pink sauce is your typical mayo ketchup. There is absolutely no way of knowing which empanadas are which. They need a better concept so that customers know especially if they're ordering as a group to share. I've never seen an empanada place not label their empanada. I read a google review from the owners saying they put it on the package on the bottom corner but that is a lie. It's not on the empanada itself or on the packaging. Overall I'm still ordering from here again : )

    Starr Street location.. Well seasoned & cooked to order, overstuffed goodness so it will take a…read morefew minutes. Cozy seating area if you want to enjoy, hot and fresh. The cons... they charge for sauce, you get none if you don't order it... $.30 each. I got the avocado and hot sauce, decent but nothing fancy. They have plastic cutlery, no knife, just forks. They have rice and bean dishes with your choice of protein, but if you're traveling, and you like your beans separate, they will not pack it separately. So I didn't order it. They're not very accommodating, but they were still good. I'll be back, rates 7.5/10 This shrimp empanada is my #1 favorites.

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