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The restaurant is hard to miss, with two Puerto Rican flags waving outside. Although the inside is small, the aesthetic instantly stands out. The owners wanted the restaurant to honor their Ta\u00edno roots (Borik\u00e9n Restaurant & Bar), and they achieved that through the name, logo, and interior design. Borik\u00e9n is the original Ta\u00edno name for Puerto Rico,3<\/a><\/sup> while the logo and decorations reflect indigenous symbols, wood, stone, and tropical details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The aesthetic is an experience on its own, but the food makes that experience even grander. The menu includes appetizers like alcapurrias (fried plantain fritters), empanadillas, and pinchos (meat skewers), along with many traditional main dishes like bistec encebollado (steak and onions), pernil (shredded pork shoulder), and mofongo (mashed plantains). When I visited, I had the bistec encebollado and arroz con habichuelas (rice and beans), which made me feel as if I were right back in Puerto Rico. To end the meal, the tres leches was one of the best I\u2019ve ever had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, Borik\u00e9n Restaurant & Bar is a place everyone should visit on Staten Island. The owners made their establishment truly special for Puerto Ricans like myself and others who want an authentic experience within the culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Borike\u0301n Restaurant & Bar. Accessed April 10, 2026. https:\/\/borikenny.com\/. \u201cHistory of Puerto Rico.\u201d Encyclopaedia Britannica. Accessed April 10, 2026.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Puerto-Rico\/History.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n Borik\u00e9n Restaurant & Bar is more than just a Puerto Rican restaurant. It\u2019s a place that celebrates Puerto Rican culture from its early roots to the present day. On Bay Street in Staten Island, Borik\u00e9n gives Puerto Ricans a space to embrace their heritage while enjoying food that takes them right back to Puerto Rico. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1573,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","api_coordinates_pp":"40.6248141,-74.0748116","footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"Borike\u0301n Restaurant & Bar. https:\/\/borikenny.com\/. Accessed April 10, 2026.\",\"id\":\"84f5ecac-c5e8-4f7c-ab32-950f82907253\"},{\"content\":\"Borike\u0301n Restaurant & Bar. https:\/\/borikenny.com\/. Accessed April 10, 2026. \",\"id\":\"7291093f-a500-48c8-831a-d9046c5e8564\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cHistory of Puerto Rico.\u201d Encyclopaedia Britannica. https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Puerto-Rico\/History. Accessed April 10, 2026.\",\"id\":\"0dcb8f7f-6e20-4798-9143-9e2f787c1151\"}]"},"tags":[41,40,14],"location_types":[17],"class_list":["post-1572","locations","type-locations","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-caribbean","tag-latin-american","tag-staten-island","location_types-location"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/locations\/1572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/locations"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/locations"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/locations\/1572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1679,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/locations\/1572\/revisions\/1679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1572"},{"taxonomy":"location_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_types?post=1572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
From the island of Puerto Rico to Staten Island, New York, Borik\u00e9n Restaurant & Bar provides some of the most authentic Puerto Rican cuisine you\u2019ll find within New York City.
Campus: College of Staten Island
Professor: Jane Marcus-Delgado
Location: 704 Bay St Staten Island, NY 10304
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