Opening: Punta Cana
There are not a lot of Dominican restaurants in Chicago. Puerto Rican, sure. Pan-Latin American and Latin American fusion? A dime a dozen. But for apparently pretty tasty Dominican fare, consider yourself confined to Punta Cana, the restaurant that slipped into Rudy's Taste's old slot in Ukrainian Village. Actually, Dominican food is a lot like what's served in Puerto Rico and other neighboring countries, but a little milder in spicing. While the restaurant offers non-traditionally Dominican food like chips and salsa and empanadas (a lack of confidence, maybe), you can get red snapper or king fish in coconut sauce ($14 and $11, respectively), oxtail in red sauce ($11), or jumbo shrimp in adobo sauce ($12) and feel like you were in Eastern Hispanola - or at least Washington Heights in New York.
Punta Cana [MenuPages]
Punta Cana – (sort of) new Dominican [LTHForum]
Punta Cana [MenuPages]
Punta Cana – (sort of) new Dominican [LTHForum]
