named after them. but what about us latinos? we ve been here in this city, and we ve got every kind of latino. you want your puerto ricans? wepa. you want your cubans? dale! dominicans? que lo que tigre. colombianos? todo bien, todo bien. mexicanos? no manches, guey. and this is where i grew up, too. and when i was a kid, i don t know what the streets were paved with, but it damn sure as hell was not gold. but that didn t stop latinx new yorkers from making big contributions. basquiat, rita moreno puerto rican. cardi b dominican. supreme court justice sotomayor, nuyorican from the bx. even the very first non-indigenous person to live and work in the island of manhattan in the 1600s was juan rodriguez, a dominicano. mira eso, right from the start, we ve been here making this city great. now, i don t know what new york would be without latinos, but it sure as hell wouldn t smell as good, it wouldn t taste as good, and it definitely wouldn t sound as good. that s right, cause
Do 3x the laundry and g[upbeat music]n. - you know, there s iso much latin talent in new york city artists, innovators, and heroes. we re going to meet a few tonight, colombian-style. that s right. what s up, homies? how you doing, man? pimping somebody s ride? look at you. look at all that talent. that s real talent right there. every once in a while, i like to host what i call a legends dinner, where i invite iconic new yorkers to sit and share a meal and talk about all things latin. in order to do that tonight, i tapped on a burgeoning colombian talent. that s right, my people, mi gente. this is chef stephanie bonin, and she s about to blow up large in the culinary scene with, believe it or not, a restaurant in her own home. - so i started with la tropikitchen feeding my friends. - mm. - you know i always like to have people around me, and i love feeding people. that s my favorite thing in the world. and then i have a bunch of colombian friends coming