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| | Café el Portal | | | “Authentic Mexican dishes range from roasted corn to fish tacos to the most delightfully delicate chiles rellenos.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Mexican |
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| | | | | | Cafe el Portal is a fav of ours - for the neighborhood ambiance, the mexican mama cooking right in front of your eyes, and of course for the food. They've changed the huevos lunch options by reducing portion size and adding a cup of soup. The chicken soup rivals that of the Stage! It's different fr... Read More | | | | | | It's strange that tamales are not the first thing that comes to mind when Americans think of Mexican food but they are a most ubiquitous dish in Mexico. Cafe el Portal's Mexican mama serves them with either chicken or pork, and a small dollop of rice. As with everything at Cafe el Portal, the lovin... Read More | | | | | | 174 Elizabeth Street between Spring and Kenmare 212/226.4642 $32 for two, without drinks, with tip ? ? ? Good Mexican food is hard to come by in New York City, so when I find a place I like, I try to go back whenever I crave Mexican food that’s more filling than one taco off the street. I’ve been ..... Read More | | | | | | We left the office looking for the newly relocated Rice but ehem forgot to bring the address. Which wasn't a bad thing since Cafe el Portal is a great lunch spot on summer days, especially for the cucumber juice. Tried the tacos for the first time, and found them pretty good! Similar to Calexico if ... Read More | | | | | | The other week we received a rather random email from someone in the restaurant business asking if we would be interested in meeting up to chat about his latest venture. Well, we're always up for some randomness so we suggested the cozy Cafe el Portal for lunch. Over hearty portions of the lovingly... Read More | | | | | | After hearing the accolades of this place from my favorite Yelper, I challenged the lovely Chuca and the ever dee-gorgeous yelper Tori K to see if they would eat at the same establishment two nights… Read More | | | | | | Everyone loves that old summer classic: corn on the cob. But too many years of the sub-par supermarket variety, simply boiled, can ruin your taste for it. Enter the new corn on the cob, in its gussied-up Mexican incarnation, elotes. Also called esquites, this is guaranteed to renew your passion. Mos... Read More | | | |
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