So I am kinda of dissapointed of Queens and Roosevelt Avenue.

minina says on Jun 10, 2008, 03:19:

What happened with all the Colombians in Queens?. Why are Mexicans taking over?

Just wondering....

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morphus says on Jun 10, 2008, 04:36:

I guess you don't like a little variety. Theres no shortage of Colombian restaurants or stores on Roosevelt ave. Its nice to be able to choose from Colombian, Mexican, Peruvian and Ecuadorian all on the same block. There is also 37th ave running parallel to Roosevelt ave with lots of Colombian stores. Did you go there?

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minina says on Jun 10, 2008, 04:46:

Well, Ecuadorian and peruvian no so much. There were a lot more Mexicans and Mexican stores than any Colombian peruvian or ecuadorian combined. Have nothing against Mexicans, is just that we have plenty of Mexicans and plenty of Mexican stores throughout the US. So I don't really care for them much. As for 37 I did take a look at it, a little bit more Colombian but still.... See I was told by mum that a few years ago, businesses there were pretty much colombian.

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morphus says on Jun 10, 2008, 05:11:

Its like Little Italy in New York City. You won't see many Italians outside of the restaurants. Just Mexicans....HA! There are a lot of Mexicans in New York City right now. A lot of the fast food Chinese restaurants had to combine their menus with Mexican food.

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ietk says on Jun 10, 2008, 05:15:

When I went to NY I stayed in Queens y the Roosevelt Ave & 64th St, I went to that same Restaurant Tierras Colombianas and the food was good better than the food you find here in Miami, but the funny thing is that I went to a fish market near the metro station owned by Asians and from the moment I went inside they kept asking do you need anything? do you want to buy something? even after I explained to them that I was new in the neighborhood and was looking around they looked at me like if I was going to steal a fish or shrimp in other words in my opinion the Asians are the most annoying people, I said this only in business not as a race I do not have anything against nobody.

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bufalo says on Jun 10, 2008, 06:25:

Asians do that. And what the OP complains about the Mexicans taking over (not really true I think there were probably lots more Mexicans in NY than Colombians earlier on) - maybe the Irish aren't thrilled that the Colombians had taken over their neighborhod years ago? (and who did they take it from.

The mix is great.

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MitchAlvarez says on Jun 10, 2008, 08:25:

Here are the facts:

Roosevelet Avenue is no longer full of colombians. The majority are now mexicans and ecuadorians. In Queens, Colombians have moved to 37th Avenue and Northern Blvd. Furthermore, Colombians for the most part have left Jackson Heights with all the migration from Mexico, Ecuador, Salvador, etc.

Colombians are now in Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey, Conneticut, etc.

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Mononoke28 says on Jun 10, 2008, 08:44:

When I lived in NY until 1991, there were a handful of Mexicans in Queens but I'm not surprised to see they've multiplied since then. I personally think it's a normal thing that's been happening all over the country.

And ietk, Colombians can be just as annoying as the Asians, maybe not in the US but try going to El Hueco or San Andrecito in Medellín. Those people are worse than anything I've ever seen. They'll call you over and over again, and even if you're looking at merchandise at one store, the people working at the next store or across from from it will keep calling you to get you to drop what you're holding so you can go look at what they have in theirs. We made the mistake of going there on December 23rd and it was chaotic, but as sick as it may sound I found it to be fun and very funny. I'd do it again for sure. =D

Diana

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ietk says on Jun 10, 2008, 08:53:

Mononoke, you are right about that in Colombia, I remember the only and last time I went to San Victorino in Bogota it was like a circus every single person there had a microphone or a megaphone dish were flying everywhere, pots and pans hitting each other and who can forget the famous unbreakable pocillo de tinto, but the Asians I was talking about they were like worst than Homeland Security when I went in there and did not buy anything they all came from the back room llike six of them like if I was going to grab a red snapper and run it was kind of awkward but funny.

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bufalo says on Jun 10, 2008, 08:55:

Asians are like that with their stores. Rmember the riots in LA? Whenever they showed images of the armed store owner, they were asians (YES people I'm sure others were armed too, it's just an example so calm down)

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bufalo says on Jun 10, 2008, 08:56:

Try being on an airplane full of puerto rican little league players and their families on their way to Cuba, aaaand have the pilot rile them up on the P.A. system... my wife's first experience with them - not good.

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Mononoke28 says on Jun 10, 2008, 09:01:

Oh I see, you mean they were all thinking you stole something because you didn't buy anything. That's annoying in a hilarious kind of way. But aren't most of them rude like that, not all of course because I've had Asian friends since I was a kid and they were not like that. But it's just funny to me that every time I go to a Chinese restaurant the waiter will only come out and say:

"What choo wahn?!"
"Well, hello I'd like the beef broccoli with egg drop soup please" "
"Drink!"
"Just a glass of water"

Then they leave and drop the food on the table when they get back. But I rarely get a hello how are you, my name is so and so and I'll be your waiter, can I get you started with a drink and an appetizer type of thing. All that stuff is funny to me now because I'm so used to it. I wonder if it's their culture since I've seen it at so many places.

Diana

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leito037 says on Jun 10, 2008, 09:31:

I agree, roosevelt is not what it used to be....
Mitch is 100% correct, In Queens, Colombians have moved to 37th Avenue and Northern Blvd, thats where i go to get away from the craziyness on roosevelt...

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Monpirri says on Jun 10, 2008, 09:40:

Festival Independencia Colombia Flushing, NY 2007

I t looks like the modefoque colombians have move to Flushing.

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bufalo says on Jun 10, 2008, 09:40:

and a tad quieter there as well without the train

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Monpirri says on Jun 10, 2008, 09:43:

Festival Colombiano

Or maybe they are just hanging out in Jersey.

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bufalo says on Jun 10, 2008, 13:14:

Flushing is acutally pronounced, "Fluu-Shing" due to all the asians.


jejejjjejjejejeje

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Monpirri says on Jun 10, 2008, 14:06:

OK, thank you very much.

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MitchAlvarez says on Jun 10, 2008, 17:34:

thanks for the flushing video. im always too drunk when i go to see all that stuff. :)

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Monpirri says on Jun 10, 2008, 17:43:

You are welcome parce.

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juicerbud says on Jun 10, 2008, 18:13:

Same goes for the Dover video, Thanks!

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Monpirri says on Jun 10, 2008, 20:28:

You are welcome pal!

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minina says on Jun 10, 2008, 22:11:

Where do you think is best Colombian Independence held in the northeast area?.
What towns in New York and Jersey?

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Aaron21 says on Jun 10, 2008, 23:02:

Flushing Park Queens easily has the best Independence Day celebration ... Elizabeth, New Jersey has a good one too.... Elizabeth's downtown area is mainly Colombiano tambien ... Pero Northern Blvd entre the Wendy's near 72nd and up to almost 94th is the best area... You were given bad info

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bufalo says on Jun 10, 2008, 23:04:

I used to go to the Flushing Park one, but to tell the truth every weekend they seem to have almost the same celebration, just a different latin-american country. One thing I also noticed how there's not a lot of colombian variety, it's all paisa stuff. Or was anyways, maybe, hopefully, that has changed.

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Monpirri says on Jun 11, 2008, 05:00:

We all know that not everyone who attends to an ethnic festival is from said country.
That is a proven fact but the majority of the participants are from the sponsoring country or sponsoring ethnic community.
For instance, the same theory applies to the Puerto Rican festival.

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morphus says on Jun 11, 2008, 05:02:

The Colombian festival in Hackensack, NJ was ALL Colombians, except me :)

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Monpirri says on Jun 11, 2008, 05:03:

Nah you are 100% Colombian and 99.9% American :>)

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webmanco says on Jun 11, 2008, 05:05:

ietk
Mononoke, you are right about that in Colombia, I remember the only and last time I went to San Victorino in Bogota it was like a circus every single person there had a microphone or a megaphone dish were flying everywhere, pots and pans hitting each other and who can forget the famous unbreakable pocillo de tinto, but the Asians I was talking about they were like worst than Homeland Security when I went in there and did not buy anything they all came from the back room llike six of them like if I was going to grab a red snapper and run it was kind of awkward but funny



I don´t see it too funny or like a circo, it is called la "guerra del centavo", survival of the fittest eveyone trying to make ends meet.

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Monpirri says on Jun 11, 2008, 05:08:

Dude what are you talking about? the topic here is about "So I am kinda of dissapointed of Queens and Roosevelt Avenue." Have you taken your meds?

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rhydewithdis says on Jun 11, 2008, 06:02:

I guess where I am confused is who ever said that Jackson Heights was little Colombia? Jackson Heights (and I have there for over 20 years) has always been a melting pot for many ethnicities, weighted by mostly Central and (Northern) Southern Americans who call it home.

Foodies throughout New York City have long considered Roosevelt Ave to be one of the cities crown jewels.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/realestate/31cover.html?_r=1&oref=sl...

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billyb says on Jun 11, 2008, 06:32:

"There are hardly ANY Brazilians left in NYC, so many of them have left since I got here"

Rubi, what did you do to them?

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rhydewithdis says on Jun 11, 2008, 06:42:

Lots of Brasilians are returning home:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/nyregion/04brazilians.html?scp=1&sq=... returning home&st=nyt

They said I couldn't play football I was too small / They say I couldn't play basketball I wasn't tall / They say I couldn't play baseball at all / And now everyday of my life I ball.

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Monpirri says on Jun 11, 2008, 06:46:

Some are leaving and some are coming back.

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bufalo says on Jun 11, 2008, 08:15:

I think a lot will come back when:

-the US economy rebounds (change of president to start)
-they realize there still aren't all that many jobs in their home countries
-they're used to new customs (people being on time, paying on time, etc)
-they geta bit bored because they're now used to real cities (for the one's who live in smaller ones)

I've seen more than one come back due to this. Right now they got some extra money and things look rough in the US, but it is temporary. They're going to loose money in the exchange rate too. Actually wouldn't NOW be the time to move to the US? (I'm no expert). I mean everything is up in Colombia, (so you'll get more than you paid for it), and the US has major problems (so prices are down or will be coming down), the exchange rate is better from Col to US, and then one can "ride the wave" as the US economy recuperates.

Just a thought.

It would be like buying property in Medellin or Cartagena a few years back (are you nuts?) and then selling it now.

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elmodefoque says on Jun 11, 2008, 09:21:

rubito, que pasa en nyc?
colombians moving back to colombia jajajajajajajajajajajajJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJ
the reason some are coming back is simple
they got their illegal ass deported
these broads here are banging modefoques that no woman in USA would even look at, just to get the fok outta colombia.
take a trip to the american embasy in bogota, the fokin line goes all the way to medellin and cali

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elmodefoque says on Jun 11, 2008, 09:26:

next independece day festival in queens lets set a booth to give away one way tickets back to bogota, cali and medellin. they´ll chase us outta there in a heart beat.
now if i was a colombian living in europe or canada then it would be a different story, i´ll even hijack a plane to get the fok outta there and back home

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elmodefoque says on Jun 11, 2008, 09:36:

at this stage of my life when i see the reaper following my old black ass around, colombia is the best place for me. why?
cus i could get laid for less than 20 bucks.
in

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elmodefoque says on Jun 11, 2008, 09:39:

queens is the fokin third world.,
you wanna see real ugly modefqoues, take the number 7 train to queens.
and still more keep coming.
one of the reasons why i´m moving back to colombia, way too many ugly modefoques in NYC
you ever see the face of a korean chinaman colombian mexican jamican polack russian ecuatoriano argentino trinidad pakistani arab at 6 am at 3 feet away heading to work? not a pretty sight
now we got all these modefoque from slavania and croatia and budapest chain smoking and with 5 oclock shadows after shaving no more than 5 minutes ago

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webmanco says on Jun 11, 2008, 09:47:

Elmo
too many ugly modefoques in NYC

si es por eso que prefiere ir a Barranquilla, pues va de Guatemala a Guatepeor. And I don´t mean Colombia, I mean La Costa for that matther. :-)

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elmodefoque says on Jun 11, 2008, 09:51:

web, south barranquilla is the mother of ugly modefoques BUT they stay in the south. in nyc these modefoques are all over the fokin place

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 11, 2008, 09:57:

elmodefoque says on Jun 11, 2008, 09:21: flag

rubito, que pasa en nyc?
colombians moving back to colombia jajajajajajajajajajajajJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJ
the reason some are coming back is simple
they got their illegal ass deported"


no sir, the reason is simple.. el dolar ya no vale un........fill the blank space................jejeje opps

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elmodefoque says on Jun 11, 2008, 10:01:

hola cordobita
nojoda mi reina si yo fuera tu me fuera sampao un ladrillo en la cabeza hace muchos años
no aguantaria
mi reina, tu eres muy fuerte

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elmodefoque says on Jun 11, 2008, 10:04:

last night i had a date with a broad in cartagena making 3 millones de peso a month. she wants get the fok outta colombia, imagine all the millions of other colombians only making 400,ooo al mes?

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webmanco says on Jun 11, 2008, 10:06:

Pobres pero "contentas"

Life goes on

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elmodefoque says on Jun 11, 2008, 10:08:

mind you, she´s young, hot and with an ass to die for.
why the fok would she even date (i´m gonna bang her later today) an old black modefoque like me? I got dolares and usa passport in my pocket
forgot, she has a USA tourist visa and will be traveling to miami next month where ill be waiting with a handfull of viagra
gotta go, my habitacion is ready.
thank you and good nite all

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 11, 2008, 10:20:

elmodefoque says on Jun 11, 2008, 10:01: flag

hola cordobita
nojoda mi reina si yo fuera tu me fuera sampao un ladrillo en la cabeza hace muchos años
no aguantaria
mi reina, tu eres muy fuerte

no hay mal que dure cien años ni cuerpo que lo resista jejeje

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elmodefoque says on Jun 11, 2008, 10:24:

rubito, a few thousand???????? how about a few millions.
you can´t walk around nyc with hearing a cachaco accent.
every year i go to colombian festivals both in queens and nj and i will tell you that EVERY, EVERY, EVERY MODEFOQUE THERE IS COLOMBIAN, 99.9% cachacos except for me and morphus
the Colombian festival is NOT the puerto rican parade where you get spics from every part of the planet

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bufalo says on Jun 11, 2008, 10:45:

we have to go back because of my wife's residency and that we aren't making any money here so far. plan is go for 3 years get the citizenship, work and then go elsewhere.

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bufalo says on Jun 11, 2008, 11:36:

would like to but have never been to those places, maybe well just use NYC as a skipping stone

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morphus says on Jun 11, 2008, 11:36:

I'm with Elmo on this one. I think any average, employeed by Walmart gringo can still start up a romance with some of the hottest Colombianas.

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Cerealkiller says on Jun 11, 2008, 12:03:

Hey Rubito, have you been to crystal in primero de Mayo? I don't know if its open yet but one of the owners is a good friend of mine and I've been wondering if its nice, or measures up to what they did with the Cha Cha a couple of years ago.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 11, 2008, 12:25:

Rubito, you've scared the Brasilians away from New york and now Colombians are vacating the city too....I'd hate to be in Bogotá and see what happens once you made yourself comfortable there....

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Simon says on Jun 11, 2008, 14:06:

The Colombians who are leaving NY with the best common sense are moving to South Florida, he he!

"Tu vas a ver, llegaras a mi edad y veras que Colombia seguira igual"-----Simon Sr.

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Simon says on Jun 11, 2008, 14:19:

Ok, but I'll say it in Spanish.....aquí nadie me va a secuestrar o contratar un sicario para 'silenciarme'.

"Tu vas a ver, llegaras a mi edad y veras que Colombia seguira igual"-----Simon Sr.

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webmanco says on Jun 11, 2008, 18:41:

Piedad wants a piece of Simon ´ss

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minina says on Jun 12, 2008, 01:43:

So I see many people here mention the Colombian festival in New Jersey (Hackensack). If I'm not wrong the mayor there is a Colombian.

I tend to believe the people who say that the Colombian festivals in Queens there are just a handfull of Colombians and the rest are people from Dominican, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans and Other countries. I was told by my mom it is this way.

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elmodefoque says on Jun 12, 2008, 07:23:

my kids, of colombian parent (me) have never EVER been to a freaking colombian festival, now why would a puerto rican or dominican go there. you got mexicans selling beer and chit but that´s it.
then you have colombian anchor babies (usa born) who bring their couple non colombian friends to them thar festival.
let me tell ya something, most other latinos in NYC dont like colombians. and please don´t let me tell you what they think of colombian women, don´t get me started.
To other latinos, colombianos are nothing but pretentious ñañòs who think their chit don´t stink, with that vos sos y sos vos and all the faggotty talk.
thank you!

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elmodefoque says on Jun 12, 2008, 07:25:

listen, i´m colombian and i can´´t stand myself.
sometimes i wanna punch myself upside the head

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CatGirl says on Jun 12, 2008, 08:49:

Elmo...OMG....just don't do it in front of anyone ok? LOL - you are funny ;)

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Mononoke28 says on Jun 12, 2008, 09:35:

We end up going to Mexican festivals because they're pretty much the only latino thang we have going on here in Denver. We're also going to the Greek festival in two weeks. But if I lived in other places I'd go to all of them to see what food they have, what music they play even if I didn't like it. It's part of the fun.

Diana

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minina says on Jun 13, 2008, 01:38:

I don't think we Colombians are that bad.
For example I know that Mexicans and Puerto Ricans can't stand each other (not all the time).
Well I met many people from Puerto Rico that are free loaders slackers, does it mean that all of them are like that. I don't think so.
Mexicans if you are a woman is better to keep your distance from them, they are nice as long as you don't let them get too comfortable around you. And don't let me even start with their parties, they get all drunk and end up killing each other with axes and machetes.
Dominicans, well almost everybody makes fun of them because of the way they talk , I've heard mexicans and puerto ricans saying they are too ignorant. Does it mean all of them are? I don't think so. As a matter offact I have met very intelligent cult people from Dominican Republican,
more so than most Puerto Ricans and Mexicans I have met.
It's all stereotypes. BS.
By the way modefoque you remind me of my aunt "Nena". She used to call my mom and my other aunts prostitutes, whores, and sluts, just because they had boyfriends or male friends and she didn't. She just has this personality and attitude that scares away any man.
I don't think your problem is the skin color, I think your problem is your attitude.

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morphus says on Jun 13, 2008, 04:54:

Don't let Elmo fool you. He's very charming in real life. I have a female cousin (Domincan/Italian) that worked worked in the same building as Elmo. She said he was her favorite person to talk to. She even said he was sexy...LOL. Little does she know he's a drunken, drug crazed whore monger :)

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webmanco says on Jun 13, 2008, 07:18:

Weekend in New York | Colombian Culture
A Fruit Shake, Then Shaking to the Beat of Cumbia

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/travel/tmagazine/07well-cartagena... culture travel&st=nyt


Robert Caplin for The New York Times

IF you always put pineapple on your hamburgers, can identify lulo juice by color, consider vinegar to be a vital ingredient in salsa and can distinguish cumbia music from vallenato, you’re excused from a Colombian weekend in New York.

Otherwise, it is worth getting to know the ingredients and rhythms of one of the city’s biggest — and most under the radar — immigrant cultures.

At what cost have we ignored Colombians? Here’s one cost: $2.65 for a fig, cheese and caramel empanada at Empanada Mama in Hell’s Kitchen.

That’s one of the few Colombian outposts in Manhattan, the fancier sit-down Manhattan spinoff of Mama’s Empanadas, a chain of takeout shops in Queens (where the same empanada costs $1.50). The sliver of a restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen serves entrees as well, but the heart of the menu is the empanada section. Order from the corn flour empanadas — the traditionally Colombian style, and be sure to dump on the vinegary sauce known as ají. Empanada Mama also serves salpicón, a fruit punch/fruit salad combo that falls just barely into the beverage category.

There’s also a surprisingly traditional Colombian menu hidden in a Midtown restaurant with a definitively Mexican name: El Tequilazo. That’s because it’s long been Mexican, but a few years ago Colombian owners added a Colombian side to the menu, including a traditional country platter called the bandeja paisa, a huge plate of meat, rice, beans, plantains and fried pork rind.

Considering that Queens is the home to most things Colombian, it’s surprising that the most mainstream and (vaguely) upscale Colombian restaurant in the city is Bogota Latin Bistro, in very non-Colombian Park Slope, Brooklyn. Its waitresses don’t even all speak Spanish, a bold move. The menu integrates Colombian classics like ajiaco (a chicken and potato soup) and a great bandeja paisa with other more fancy-schmancy, pan-Latin-sounding dishes like chipotle corn-crusted salmon.

Full Article
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/travel/15weekend.html?ref=travel

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Monpirri says on Jun 13, 2008, 14:08:

Great job Webmanco!

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MaFe says on Jun 20, 2008, 22:51:

The bottomo line is that NY Colombian restaurants (in my opinion) are about quantity and not quality...

I remember years ago getting so excited when my parents would take us to Queens to eat Colombian food...now I would never eat that crap..
Crap because it's comida made without any love, the ingredients are all wrong, and God only knows who is making the food....

So on Long Island, there was a great Colombian restaurant...now it's crap too...
I found one in Suffolk county, and refuse to share its location....

All the othera on Long Island I feel are just about making their quick buck, but I have noticed that many gringos go, and Latinos who really don't know what Colombian food is about.

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jorgegdiaz says on Jun 20, 2008, 23:00:

MAFE says, "..and God only knows who is making the food...."

walk into an Italian kitchen, you´ll see MX
walk into a Chinese kitchen, you´ll see MX
walk into a Thai kitchen, you´ll see MX
walk into a cajun kitchen, you´ll see MX
walk into a caribbean kitchen, you´ll see MX

walk into a gas station, you´ll see pakistanis...

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Plato says on Jun 21, 2008, 09:20:

Great thread. I caught this late.

Hey, Queens, through Roosevelt Ave, was my stumping grounds. Clearly, it's not the same as during the late 1960s, 1970s and 80s. At one time one can arguably say that it was "Little Colombia". Not now. MItchAlvarez gave the best reasons where Colombians migrated. What you see on Roosevelt Avenue are just remnants of a once vibrant Colombian enclave.

Plato

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