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The Dominican community’s influence is evident at every turn in Washington Heights and Inwood, but locals know that the best version of the Dominican street-food burger, the chimi, is at Chimichury El Malecon’s truck. El Malecon’s massive sandwiches are stuffed with freshly ground beef—the precise blend is the well-kept secret of owner Manuel Cruz—as well as cabbage, tomato, onion and generous slathers of ketchup and mayo.
Chimichury El Malecon
204 Sherman Ave. at W. 204th St. (map)
New York, NY 10034
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- $5.50
The yoyo, a Venezuelan sandwich that replaces bread with fried yellow plantains, is a fatter, sweeter version of the patacon Maracucho, made with green plantains. Both sandwiches are piled high with the same meaty fillings. This carne mechada yoyo stars shredded beef. Order it “with everything” — lettuce, tomato, mayo, ketchup, and a little white cheese — and you’ll appreciate how that foil wrap helps keep the juices from dripping (pretty much).
Patacon Con Too on Eating in Translation
4195 Broadway at W. 178th St./G.W. Bridge (Map)
New York, NY 10033
(212) 568-7575
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- $6.00
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At night (and all night), a Venezuelan food truck in Inwood serves arepas, cachapas and patacones, a sandwich of marinated shredded beef, pork, chicken or carne asada, placed between two large fried plantain slices acting as bread.
Patacon Pisao on Eating the World in NYC
W. 202nd St. at Tenth Ave. (Map)
New York, NY 10034
(917) 379-5288
