“It’s in the body, it’s in the heart,” Beverly said, “they know how to cook the food.” She added that the food at Las Delicias is so authentic because the cooks are making the food they grew up eating. But despite the language barrier, she said she often catches herself laughing with customers and connecting. “I feel very special, everybody loves the Spanish food and everybody comes to the restaurant for the vibes,” Carrasquillo said.īeverly, a new hire said, since working there, her hardest learning curve is how to communicate with the customers since a portion of them may only speak Spanish. Despite a fairly sizeable Latinx population in the city - particularly in the Westside and Eastside - he said people within the community stick together. One reason why Carrasquillo thinks people come to Las Delicias is because it is one of the few restaurants in Syracuse that is Latino-run and -cooked. Other dishes include staples like empanadas, beans and rice, as well as a fried chicken dish, similar to chicken tenders, which Rodriguez said is popular among customers. Carrasquillo said he liked the reasonable prices since he knows what it’s like to not come from the most affluent family. Diana Riojas | Feature EditorĬhicken is sold for $3 by the piece. Owner Francisco Rodriguez opened the original location of Las Delicias in 1998. On any given day, bachata music will be blasting as servers are dancing and serving spoonful of rice and beans, said employee Rayauna Beverly. The staples are mixed together in the “shape of the Carrier Dome,” said Yaralis Carrasquillo, who works at the family-owned business.Ĭarrasquillo, who is related to the owner’s sister, said in the month that he’s worked at Las Delicias where he thinks people come back not only for the food but also for how the staff interacts with their customers and each other. One dish - mofongo - is a Puerto Rican dish made with fried pork and smashup plantains. Las Delicias serves Dominican and Puerto Rican dishes, like the ones he had when he lived in these places. Now, he is the owner of Las Delicias, a restaurant on Westcott Street where people can enjoy the same dishes on a daily basis.Īfter growing up in the Dominican Republic, Rodriguez moved to Puerto Rico. Francisco Rodriguez said he remembers eating empanadas and fried plantains while growing up in the Dominican Republic.
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