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    Cocina Latina

    4.6 (50 reviews)
    InexpensiveLatin American
    Closed 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Beef & Cheese Empanada
    Andrew A.

    Have been wanting to try this spot out for quite some time now, and finally had the opportunity. Went with the shredded chicken plate, medium, with yellow rice and beans ($9.50). WOW! The food was absolutely fantastic, delicious, and very filling. I was only able to eat half - great portions for the price. Fast service too - I was in and out within 3 minutes. Friendly staff too! My only regret now, is not trying this place out sooner. I also got a beef and cheese empanada ($2.50). I thought it was fairly plain, but the plate was phenomenal, and I will definitely return again very soon!

    Make Your Own Meal- shredded chicken and yellow rice. Beans on the side
    Chris G.

    First things first, this was a perfect meal! The pricing for the portions they give are great. But they go far beyond trying to win you over with generous portions. I ordered the shredded chicken and yellow rice, with beans and sweet plantains on the side. The shredded chicken was flavored well and cooked perfectly. The rice was also cooked amazingly. One thing that I like the most was that even though I ordered it online the only thing cook/prepared ahead of time was the fried plantains. I liked this because my food was hot and ready having been put in The container when I arrived. I waited for maybe 1 min, the hardest part was driving home smelling the food!!! Great restaurant and I definitely be back for more!

    Cube steak 6.00
    Fox E.

    I used to be a dirty boy. Maybe I still am but only in my head. Btw, *you must try the shredded chicken*. Please come up here to Cocina Latina and do it for me. This dish might change your life forever. And a small (which isn't small) is about $7. Exactly. Nothing to lose. Now back to me being naughty. I'm not going to lie. I've done the whole "coc ina latina" thing many times in my life. There was a time when it seemed I was doing "coc ina latina" thing every night. My chances of ending up with multiple baby mamas from lands where locals communicate En Espanol was getting higher every day. Then this restaurant intervened, and saved my life, and made me a "good boy". And I'll tell you why, simply, concisely, in one sentence. It's because you haven't had a "coc ina latina" until you've put some "coc ina latina" in your mouth. Now there's only one Latina for me, I'll never go back. I'll only ever do coc ina latina from here. I've been converted. Thank you, amigos. What to get: The Shredded Chicken dish is *amazing*, a small is under $7, always get yellow rice w/ beans. And: Pernil and beef stew are good. And?: They have some interesting Boricuan hot sauces on the side counter. If it was owned by Francis Ford, it'd be Coppola Latina. I've tried almost everything they sell. The mother is the friendliest woman ever and is massively proud of her food, and rightly so. When I go in there she gives me samples of all of it. Awesome. Her good-looking daughter has a little attitude, but she's still helpful if you ask her questions. If you feel unwelcome, it's not you. It's just her demeanour. You know some younger people are "too cool" for niceties. It's okay. It's a family business. The mama - who cooks all this stuff - is nice enough for the both of them ;) If her ex hubs Ike keeps insisting she's Peruvian but is having a hard time Peruvian it, then Mr. Turner, it seems, is trying to Call-Tina Latina. So the Beef Stew is really good. It's not amazing, but then I haven't had a Puerto Rican Res Guisado (Beef Stew) that was. This one is up there with the better ones I've had. Very tasty and good quality meat. And the cube steak is good, but I found it to be too vinegary and wasn't crazy about the ground meat. The teeny girl said it was one of her 2 faves which is why I tried it. But her other fave - the shredded chicken - was off-the-charts good. I got sued for this review by someone in Salvador. It's a Subpoena Latina. The Pernil is another matter. It's juicy, succulent, homestyle, delicious. The yellow rice makes the dish. It's greasy and a little juicy and sticky at the same time. Puerto Rican rice is often too bland for me - especially if white. But this CL stuff, as long as you get the beans n juice all over it - will do you right. When you choose Coc ina Latina, you can be sure that Coc will do you right. I like Venezuelan dancers. I'm not just referring to strippers, I was actually thinking of a Ballerina Latina. Among the 2 or 3 different types of chicken they have, is teen girl's fave: Shredded Chicken. I haven't seen this at most other PR places I've eaten, but my goodness it might be the best PR dish I've ever had. It's literally from heaven. If they only sold Coffee, it'd be Caffeina Latina. For shredded chicken: she shreds it a little so it's stringy and separated, but retains all of its juice and soft texture... and then drowns it in spicy, tangy, rich, flavourful sauce that I can't even describe. Some sort of tomato-chili-pepper combination thing which is unlike anything else I've had before. I'm absolutely addicted. I think she invented this version of this dish because I've never had anything anywhere else that tastes like it. If it was a members-only bulk sales store in Mexico City, it'd be Costco Latina. They recently randomly closed for a week for a holiday, so bear in mind that with little family businesses it's always best to call ahead just in case. If you're walking on sunshine in Ecuador and your band is the Waves, then you may be Katrina Latina. So get yourself up here to the corner where CL is hiding, it's right next to Perri's Pizza up in Greece, near Carmine's, Davies Seafood and from the Charlotte Beach area of the Lake. If you're a Mexican caterpillar, then you may need to Cocoon-a Latina. Easily one of the best and best-value restaurants in RNY. The shredded chicken is effortlessly and clearly one of the 5 best-tasting meals you'll get in town, try it for yourself and please let me know what you think. And if you like Hispanic girls and being beaten up or treated badly, then hire a Domina Latina. Which describes my gf not just to a tee, but to a U, a V, a W, X, Y and ZZZZ (it's 4.23am, I'm tired like a formula one race car). And if you are at a Harbor in Puerto Rico, that's a Marina Latina. Although that sounds like a name for my gf's naughty place. And I have to be honest. I have never seen a better Coochona Latina than my gf when she's at Cocina Latina.

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    Great food, friendly staff. Hard working folks! I especially like their Tostones. Yummy

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    Simple, delicious Puerto Rican food served cafeteria style. Great value and always fresh.

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    Food is absolutely delicious !!!!! I love it They're always busy when I go there that's bc They're food is So great

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    6 years ago

    For a little take out place the food was so delicious. They also are very generous with the portions.

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    3 years ago

    Love this place for a quick lunch! Food is always fresh and ready when you walk in. Highly recommend the pork and shredded chicken!

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    7 years ago

    The food is awesome and the staff is always super friendly. I love the empanadas and rice and beans!!

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    8 years ago

    Whenever I want comfort food with amazing flavor, I come here. Outstanding food and service. I warn you though...its addicting :)

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    8 years ago

    Amazing yellow rice with beans and empanadas!! One of my favorite lunch spots when I want to treat myself to something delicious.

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    3 Latino seems to be a place that neighborhood locals or Dominicans are aware of, but after tasting…read moretheir food, they're worthy of receiving a much broader audience. This small mom and pop restaurant is hidden in the corner of Palm St. next to a barbershop across from the Kodak building. There's few parking spots in the front of the entrance so it's mostly street parking. When I walked in, the bar is in the front and the dining area and buffet counter are in the back. They also offer menu items and cater as well. I wanted take out so I opted for their large plate. It was packed full for a small cost of less than $8. Their buffet selection consists of about six meat options like stew chicken, baked chicken and beef and the plates come with the standard white or yellow rice and beans. The stew chicken was tasty and so tender it glided off the bone. The fluffy yellow rice was mildly seasoned but the flavor comes from the red beans poured on top (or on the side). Definitely a new spot I will go back to and looking forward to checking out their menu items!

    You wouldn't want to eat off the floor in this place, let's just leave it at that. Very low end…read moreshoestring operation, with several generations in the kitchen. We stuck to slow cooked beef and pork dishes with yellow rice and beans which were already made and sitting in warmers. They made up some fried plantains while we waited. Pretty generous portions, and food was pretty tasty, but we were a little skived by state of place, not the cleanest. Has a bar and dining room, but pretty much zero atmosphere, so get it to go is my advice. And for significantly less than $20, you get a ton of food to take home for your Netflix and Chill. It's not high end, but it's home cooked by genuine Latinos, and that's what you came for right? To get your pork and rice and beans on. Give it a try.

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    This is one of our new (to us) favorite spots to go to and to bring our friends and family to that…read morehaven't tried it yet! Our first visit was in January and we've been back 2 more times already. The main dining room is down stairs. The bar area upstairs seems very lively and inviting as well, and I've heard there's patio seating we want to try in the late spring. Service was excellent and very attentive. We loved everything we tried. You can do things traditional tapas style or you can go the appetizer and entree route. We had the calamari to start and some cocktails. For our entrees we each ordered the "feature" of the evening -- my fiance got the steak and I got the salmon. My fiance is pretty 50/50 on how good his steak experiences are in restaurants and he was very satisfied with the entree he had. My salmon cakes were SO good, everything tasted very fresh. The server also did a great job recommending a white wine to pair with my meal. We finished off with our dessert, I had the flourless chocolate torte and my fiance had (I can't recall exactly) a banana cream cheese churro I think? The desserts were amazing every time we've gone. We've had more chances to try other tapas items, the arancini is delicious as well. Also of note was that we had a good group dining experience here in February for a family members birthday. Overall if you haven't tried this spot make sure you do!

    We decided to check out Tapas 177 during Restaurant Week in Rochester. The food was very tasty…read more Started with a perfect mojito, enjoyed the fried calamari salad, followed by the tuna bowl and chocolate torte. I throughly enjoyed the salad - crisp greens, perfect dressing and hot, crispy calamari. The tuna bowl followed - flavor was spot on, but the tuna itself was disappointing - tasted thawed and texture was meh. The biggest disappointment with Tapas was just the location itself being down in a dark basement - not my favorite environment. Would try again when the weather is nice and their patio is open. Server was very nice!

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