First and foremost kudo's to Titus, aka ChiBBQKing, for the lowdown on
Morena's if you are not obsessively checking his
blog and instagram @chibbqking you would be hard pressed to call yourself a food centric person much less an LTHer.
Morena's Kitchen is a half storefront hideaway on W Armitage, one table with three chairs and a few stools offering Caribbean/Dominican comfort food.
Titus waxed poetic about the fried chicken "
The seasoning is kind of like Popeye's turned up to ten" and its terrific, paired with an order of crisp perfectly fried tostones and a few squeezes of lime its a stunner.
Pico Pollo On-bone chivo/goat with white rice and stewy red beans, tender flesh turned up to ten with the addition of house made habanero hot sauce.
Chivo/goat with white rice and red beans (red beans not pictured) Mangu, like a healthier version of mofongo, topped with pickled red onion is a don't miss Dominican side dish.
Mangu As mentioned Morena's is tiny, though what it lacks in physical space is more than made up for by the outsized personality of Mirian, aka Morena.
Best, and only, table in the house. There's also 6 or 7 stools along the walls.
Mirian, aka Morena Mirian mentioned she had been open 3-years and there were plans to expand into the next storefront East. They do a steady takeaway/pickup business including traditional Dominican breakfast.
Eggs, fried cheese and salami with mangu and pickled red onion. Two of us barely scratched the surface of Morena's menu, I'm very much looking forward to a return visit.
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Morena's Kitchen
5058 W Armitage
5054 B W ArmitageChicago IL 60639
773-622-7200
9am to 8pm
Sunday closed