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The communal/immigrant aspect of Barbacoa is nice but of all the restaurant in Boston I doubt there’s no owner doing something similar. The most unique thing is the coloration
Keep in mind a Boston restaurant is not going to feel like a Philly restaurant. Different culture in general.
Well even down to the way tables are set up makes SPB quite reminiscent of the many mom and pop restaurants I have been to in Northern Mexico. When I moved to Philadelphia, I never thought I’d feel like I was back in that area.
Exactly. Lots of great upscale spots in Philadelphia as well. The so-called a hole in the wall spots (aka SPB?) can do a great job of replicating “authentic” in dining experiences in other countries, especially when you have a mom and pop spot like that where the owner puts so much love and connection into the surrounding community.
Yea..many upscale and hole in the wall Latin places in Boston. I don’t see any area where Philly has an advantage in this topic. Maybe they have wealthier/higher income Latinos? Maybe??
Mostly from Philly posters it sounds as though they don’t know much about Boston and just assume there’s not much Hispanic presence. Mostly folks are just saying “Philadelphia has this and that” While not directly comparing it to Boston with any hard data and when that does happen-Boston is clearly the victor.
Yea..many upscale and hole in the wall Latin places in Boston. I don’t see any area where Philly has an advantage in this topic. Maybe they have wealthier/higher income Latinos? Maybe??
Mostly from Philly posters it sounds as though they don’t know much about Boston and just assume there’s not much Hispanic presence. Mostly folks are just saying “Philadelphia has this and that” While not directly comparing it to Boston with any hard data and when that does happen-Boston is clearly the victor.
Oh weird. I didn’t really go through the thread, but I definitely never said that lol. There’s probably lots of things people from either city don’t know about the other, to be honest. A lot of these city vs city threads get kinda silly though. I was asking if anything matched SPB in Boston because it’s such a pride of the city. I don’t really care about quantitying the “presence” of either community in the tired-out C-D fashion, though.
I think Boston is very fragmented and segmented. I don’t know of many (any?) restaurants anyone would say is “the pride of the city”...the most popular Boston restaurants I’ve never even heard of outside of C-D.
Philly has Hispanic culture -mostly Puerto Rican but Boston is easily more Hispanic. There’s hard data behind that.
I think Boston is very fragmented and segmented. I don’t know of many (any?) restaurants anyone would say is “the pride of the city”...the most popular Boston restaurants I’ve never even heard of outside of C-D.
Philly has Hispanic culture -mostly Puerto Rican but Boston is easily more Hispanic. There’s hard data behind that.
Correct.
Philadelphia Metro:
Puerto Rican: 50.9
Mexican: 20.9
Dominican: 6.2
Boston Metro:
Puerto Rican: 25.9
Dominican: 24.5
Salvadoran: 9.9
Philadelphia Metro:
Puerto Rican: 50.9
Mexican: 20.9
Dominican: 6.2
Boston Metro:
Puerto Rican: 25.9
Dominican: 24.5
Salvadoran: 9.9
Interestingly, the second largest Hispanic group in Philadelphia city proper is Dominicans. This clearly shows that the Dominican population is heavily concentrated in the city.
Re: "thriving," does Boston have anything to match Philadelphia's South Philly Barbacoa? The restaurant is thriving and serves as a tangible location in which relationships and connections are built between Philadelphia's Mexican community with the larger Philadelphia community.
The restaurant has expanded and moved into a larger building in the Italian Market since the recording of this video, but the home cooking and community building continues to thrive:
i actually been to habanas several years ago. my girl and i were staying at the newly built hotel upstairs and were about to go out for the nite but downstairs had a pretty jumping merengue party so we decided not to go far. never been to cuba before but i guess it couldve been authentic.
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Interestingly, the second largest Hispanic group in Philadelphia city proper is Dominicans. This clearly shows that the Dominican population is heavily concentrated in the city.
I'm with you in this, I would've figured Dominican would be 2nd.
The city proper would resemble this; these are approximations from the 2010 census using a 1.8% growth for the overall hispanic population in 2020.
I know from being in Norristown there's a very significant Mexican population, so I'm guessing the 20% for the Metro is coming from Norristown, Philadelphia, and perhaps Camden?
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