Mi Philly Latino – Your Source For All Things Latino – Tu fuente para todo lo latino

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You are a very important part of this website! We have a lot of friends who help us in finding products and services of interest to local Philly Latinos but our friends can’t be everywhere and involved in everything. So, now we count you as one of our Latino friends… Your input and information in the BLOGS under the various categories will help all of us better find the Hispanic products and services that enrich our lives in the Philadelphia area and help us preserve our Latino roots and traditions.

Food & Restaurants

Latinos have a rich and flavorful cuisine which should not be lost just because we live in the U.S. Fortunately there are several good sources of Latino food products in the Philly area. We have also found many supermarkets are open to carrying specific products if you ask them to – talk to the store, produce or deli manager depending on what product you want. Dishes or recipes that are part of your country’s heritage are something which should be enjoyed with friends and passed down to your children. Most of the area supermarkets carry the typical Goya/Mexican line of products but several have additional products catering to Hispanics of other countries-of-origin and fresh items.

If you’re looking for crema de leche, it can be found as ‘Table Cream’ in the canned milk section of many supermarkets.

A good substitution for ‘Papa Criolla’ (a popular South American small yellow potato) is the baby yellow or gold potatoes now sold in small net bags in many produce departments.

Bambula – Friday, September 4th @ Mis Viejos Restaurant

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by Afrotaino Productions

Join the Rojas Family and local musicians for a Bombazo featuring NYC-based group:

BÁMBULA

Friday, September 4th
8:00pm
Mis Viejos Restaurant
2700 N. Mascher Street (corner of Lehigh Ave.)
Philadelphia, PA 19133

BÁMBULA is an intergenerational, predominantly female, Afro-Puerto Rican musical group based in the city of New York dedicated to the preservation of Puerto Rico’s oldest living African musical and cultural tradition. Founded in 2006 under the musical direction of Norka H. Nadal, affectionally called “La Flaka”. The group members are a mix of educators, activists, professionals and full time musicians dedicated to the empowering of Puerto Rico’s musical legacy, Bomba. BÁMBULA performs Bomba from the Western part of the island, specifically the town of Mayagüez where it is said that all of Puerto Rico’s Bomba originates. The group also pays homage to the traditions of Santurce and other Puerto Rican towns where Bomba is played. Bambula contains originally composed songs as well as songs that have been handed down by prior generations within the Nadal family.

For more on BÁMBULA go to: http://www.myspace.com/bambularaiz

This event is sponsored by the Swarthmore College Intercultural Center, Afrotaino Productions, and La Familia Rojas.

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Hispanic Fiesta at Penn’s Landing

Posted on July 10th, 2009 by JOJODUA

7/11/09 – 7/12/09
Saturday/sabado & Sunday/domingo: THE HISPANIC FIESTA @ PENN’S LANDING

Every 2nd weekend in July, more than 30,000 lovers of Latin music, food, & culture descend upon the Delaware River waterfront @ Penn’s Landing to dance, eat, shop, learn, & enjoy some of the best that the Philadelphia Latino community has to offer. Giving props to all of Latin America, bring your flags & show your support!
Vendors, community information booths, and lots of food kiosks, and various music from Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Republica Dominicana, Cuba, NuevaYol, Filadelfia.. with some anticipated performances from a long list of performers including Los Brothers Band, Bannakumbi, Julian y Su Oro Duro, Xande Cruz, Loisaida, Impacto Vallenato, Marlon, Conjunto Clasico, and more! Remember, this is only once a year! Family fun!
Gates open @ 2PM, FREE, ALL AGES! @ Penn’s Landing, Delaware River Waterfront (Chestnut st. & Columbus Blvd.), Philadelphia
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7/12/09

Sunday/domingo: LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES CONCERT & AFTERPARTY!

Venezuelan jam band Los Amigos Invisibles return to World Cafe Live to throw down their trademark latin-funk-samba-disco-house-bossa-grooviness! Dancefloor madness will ensue, guaranteed. Praised for years by the infamous “Little” Louie Vega, the guys are back with a new album, “Commercial”, available now on Nacional Records. These guys are notorious for their on-stage antics & musical virtuosity. After the show, everyone heads upstairs to the Official Afterparty with DJ Rahsaan (Afrotaino Soundsystem) & DJ AFRO (Los Amigos Invisibles bandmember & resident DJ).
Que Que??! You heard right. Expect to hear new music from Latin Alternative acts like Zizek & Bomba Estereo (Nacional in the house!)
Doors open 8PM, $15 – Afterparty FREE with ticket stub!
@World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St., Philadelphia

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Info: Nutricion Latino

Posted on February 27th, 2009 by JOJODUA

Pagina fantastica para informacion sobre la nutricion de muchos productos latinos/ great page full of nutritional info oriented to latinos: http://www.latinonutrition.org

LATINO NUTRITION COALITION

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Distrito Restaurant

Posted on November 2nd, 2008 by JOJODUA

We ate last Friday at Distrito restaurant in University City and it was fantastic! What a great experience compared to other ‘hip’ overly rated Mexican fusion food in Center City. This place is really what it says. El ambiente esta chevre and the food is great!!! I can’t wait to go back. Prices are not bad either since it is a tapas format Mexican place, and the prices on the tapas range from $8 to $15 or so. Depending on what you order (and drinks) you don’t have to spend a lot of money to eat well. Eveyrthing was super fresh and the mix of flavors was superb. I highly recommend giving it a try.

DISTRITO
3945 Chestnut St. (40th St.) Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-222-1657
www.distritorestaurant.com

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Good Mexican food

Posted on August 7th, 2008 by JOJODUA

Congratulations to Xochitl restaurant who was named Best of Philly (by Philadelphia Magazine) for Mexican food. Xochitl, 408 South 2nd St., 215-238-7280. www.xochitl-philly.com

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Fiesta Hispana/Hispanic Festival

Posted on July 10th, 2008 by JOJODUA

Make sure you check out the Fiesta Hispana this weekend! La Fiesta Hispana tiene musica, comida y otras cosas hispanas de interes. Music, Food & Fun for the whole family! At Penns Landing, July 12-13. For more information: www.elconcilio.net

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Tapas en Philly

Posted on June 25th, 2008 by JOJODUA

Si estas buscando Tapas, el restaurante Tinto es buenisimo. Los precios son del lado de comida fina, pero si estas buscando comer comida excelente, de la mejor calidad, y en un ambiente chevre y elegante, este restaurante es el sitio perfecto. Esta en la Calle 20, entre Walnut y Chesnut.

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OnLine Food sources

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by JOJODUA

Some on-line food products ’stores’ that seem to have some harder to find products include:
www.tienda.com (mostly food items from Spain)
www.amigofoods.com (great selection from many countries)
If anyone has gotten products from any of these, please let us know by posting something — if they’re good or if you had a bad experience.

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Pulpa de Fruta, Pan de bono y mas

Posted on June 4th, 2008 by JOJODUA

El Giant Supermarket en Broomall (Newtown Square) tiene productos congelados de El Sembrador incluyendo pula de fruta (guanabana, maracuya, mango), papa criollo, pan de yuca, pan de bono, y otros productos congelados de Colombia, Venezuela y America Central. De pronto los otros Giants tiene tambien. El Sembrador es una buena marca, muy confiable y de productos buenos.

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Havertown Superfresh

Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by JOJODUA

superfresh de Havertown PA, tiene varios productos latinos incluyendo la linea de Goya, pero tambien otros productos como PIM y Nestle. Tienen unas galletas de guayaba que son muy ricas.