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A family-run Mexican restaurant offers refuge in the Bronx

March 31st, 2016  |  by  |  published in Melting Pot | Leave A Comment »

A native of Puebla, Mexico, Susan Mata prepares food reminiscent of her native land. Photo: Ilgin Yorulmaz.

All day, every day: A Southern Mexican family brings its culinary past to the South Bronx.

Drink Up

May 12th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Community | Leave A Comment »

Drink Up

A South Bronx juice bar offers an alternative to fast food.

La Morada Preserves Oaxacan Culinary Traditions in the South Bronx

April 23rd, 2014  |  by  |  published in Community | Leave A Comment »

Chile relleno with mole blanco and homemade papaya juice.

By Ellen Park Natalia Mendez often does double duty as chef and hostess at her Oaxacan restaurant, La Morada, located in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx. Mendez, 44, opened the 10-table restaurant five years ago to bring authentic Oaxacan cuisine to New York. New York residents have long complained of the lack […]