Comerio Restaurant

Comerio Restaurant
(860) 246-0210
158 Park St, Hartford, CT
Open 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM Seven Days a Week

This place has been open for over 30 years. It is right near Hartford Hospital so it is very convinient. They have lots of cheap, delicious Puerto Rican specialties ready to serve. Walk in the door and look in the heated glass case and take your pick. Alcupuria de Yucca (Roast pork in Fried Yucca, Relleno de Papa (meat in a potato ball), Bacalatito (Cod Fritter), Empanadilla, Sorullos de Queso (Cheese in Fried Corn Meal), and other treats in the $1-$2 range. If you are brave try the morcilla (blood sausage), mollejitas (chicken gizzards), chuchifrito (stewed pigs ears). You can also get arroz con pollo (chicken and rice) and lechon asado (roast pork.


Because it it so close to Hartford Hospital, you can call in a food order and pick it up when you clear. I like to call in for maduros (fried green plantain) which takes about ten minutes to make. They have daily meals of the day for $9.50. Usually rice and various meats.

Check out their menu here: Comerio


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Aqui Me Quedo

Aqui Me Quedo
622 Park Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 522-1717

Aqui Me Quedo is one of the best Spanish restaurants in Hartford. It is great and quick to get food, ranging from pollo con arroz (chicken with rice) to empanadas and alcapurria.

An empanada is a meat filled pastry that is either fried or baked. Traditional Spanish empanadas are filled with beef or chicken. Aqui Me Quedo on Park Street serves pizza empanada (fried) that is quite good and surprisingly light. They call it un pastelillo de pizza.



Alcapurria is a deep fried yucca (a root vegtable sort of like potato), filled with pork.



A pizza empanada and one alcapurria cost me $3.75, As you enter the store, to your left, you will find these treats along with others in a heated glass display.

Sometimes, I just order the roast pork or roast chicken, which is sold by the lb. A half pound of roast pork is about $4.50.

Aqui Me Quedo II

Aqui Me Quedo II
150 Albany Avenue Hartford
 (860) 278-2033

The sister restaurant to the Aqui Me Quedo on Park Street, this one is conviniently located on lower Albany Avenue near Main Street. Very friendly. I go here quite often for the roast pork and yucca.

Panderia - Pan Del Cielo

 

340 Prospect Ave
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 233-0170

I love the sandwiches here.  I get El Cielo, which is pork, pastrami and beef on a toasted flatbread for $6.  One sandwich is so big, it would last all day if I could control myself.  The only problem is it takes about 5 minutes to get a sandwich.  Great, easy to access location.  Very friendly people.  I usually try to get a sandwich here early in the morning when my chances of getting called away are slimer.  I did get called out once, and they just kept my sanwich in the bread warmer for me.  Lots of great bakery treats here also.  This place is more expensive than Los Cubanitos, but the portions are bigger.

Oh all the places I eat at in Hartford, this is my favorite place to come when I am off-duty. I bring my daughters here for sandwiches quite frequently.

Milagro's Spanish Restaurant

Milagros is a new restaurant at the corner of Albany and Garden. Very convinient to Saint Francis. I don't think the food is as good as Aqui me Quedo, but due to the convience I eat there quite a bit. Very nice people with quick service.

Pan Del Sinai

Pan Del Sinai
Willimantic, CT
(860) 423-9931

On a transfer to Willimantic, stopped in here and had a pernil (pork) sandwich.  Nice big sandwich, only $5.

Borinquen Bakery

Borinquen Bakery

296 Arch Street, New Britain, CT

860-826-1019

 This place is just down the road from the hospital on the way back to Hartford.  Very quick and cheap sandwiches.  I got this pork sandwich for $3.50.