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Started in 1963 by Cuban immigrant Victor Del Corral, Victor's Cafe 52 has bringing quality authentic Cuban cuisine to Midtown for half a century. Victor's sure is Cuban, and that is not to be taken lightly. It is host to nightly music from super-talented Cuban musicians, serves killer mojitos and sangria among a forest of fake pine trees, and, perhaps most importantly, cooks a spot-on ropa vieja—Victor's signature. The dish, which is a traditional Cuban preparation of skirt steak, is heavily seasoned with garlic and served with tomatoes, onions, and peppers inside a plantain nest. They've got less traditional fare, too, like the filet mignon or the hamburger and chorizo sliders, but overall the menu is extremely heavy on the meat (but not exactly light on the wallet). --Shane Barnes
Robert Sietsema: The Cuban restaurants that New York was hopping with in the '60s are now only a faint memory. But the best remains: Victor's Cafe, where the iconic roast-pork shoulder known as pernil (styled "lechon asado" on the menu) is marinated in sour orange and comes heavily gobbed with crushed garlic. Sarah DiGregorio: La Fe in Sunset Park is the sort of old-school Spanish-American lunch counter where you feel in your bones that you're about to eat something good. And you're ri... More »
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