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Cheap Mexican in Sunset Park

From Chow.com:

Carmelita Deli

Carmelita in Sunset Park is the latest grocery-plus-taqueria to appear on hound radar. At the back of the shop, a tiny kitchen turns out a superior chorizo torta, among other things. DistrictSelectman loves the $1.50 tacos with authentic fixings: a sprinkling of onion and cilantro, grilled cebollitas, radishes, pickled jalapeños, and standout condiments like smoky salsa rojo and salsa verde, chunky with avocado. “The food is terrific and cheap, and sinfully good,” he says.

Carmelita

780 Fourth Avenue, between 26th and 27th streets

Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Los Tres Potrillos

1004 Fourth Avenue, at 39th Street
Sunset Park, Brooklyn

718-788-8484

Brooklyn Dim Sum

Now that fall weather has taken over, I cannot think of a better way to begin the season than to test out the dim sum scene in Brooklyn.  As a recent Manhattanite, I barely went to dim sum in Chinatown but after reading the Brooklyn Paper’s dim sum guide this past summer, there was nothing I’ve wanted to eat more.  Below are the recommended restaurants that I will be going to one by one.

Pacificana

813 55th Street, at 8th Avenue

Sunset Park

King Star

6022 8th Avenue, between 60th and 61st street

Sunset Park

East Harbor Seafood Palace

714 65th Street, between 7th and 8th avenue

Dyker Heights