Best Dominican in the Bronx

A Fordham Heights cuchifritos counter that has been frying pork since 1983, with steam tables full of Puerto Rican and Dominican standards like mangu, sancocho, and mondongo criollo. The New York Times put it on its 100 Best NYC Restaurants list in 2025, one of only three Bronx spots to make the cut.

It earns the top spot because nothing else on this list pairs a New York Times 100 Best nod with four decades of frying on E 188th St.

Order Chicharron mixed into garlicky mofongo with pernil

Go before the lunch rush, order at the counter, and point at the chicharron you want mixed into the mofongo with pernil.