The Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week
Pescado tacos, beef chive momos, and more
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The amount of excellent food available in New York City is dizzying even during a pandemic yet mediocre meals somehow keep worming their way into our lives. With Eater editors dining out sometimes several times a day, we do come across
April 5
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El Patron burrito at El Patron
Located at the northern gateway to Flatbush and a quick sprint away from Prospect Park, El Patron lies in a little cluster of Guatemalan and Mexican restaurants with a colorful, fenced-in outdoor seating area that catches the sun’s rays around brunchtime. The menu is big on mixed drinks, but also offers a pleasing array of mostly Mexican-American fare, of which humongous burritos is one of the restaurant’s proudest accomplishments. This burrito ($13), which looks like a very heavy bird with its tortilla-chip wings, arrives stuffed with brisket, ri