Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco ยท restaurant
Family photos, a Puerto Rican flag, and the smell of pernil asado before you're fully inside. Parada 22 doesn't so much decorate as remember. The mofongo supremo (smashed green plantains, smoked ham, sofrito, marinated chicken) is the order, but the full sampler (pernil, chicharrones, tostones, maduros, house salsa rosa) turns a quick lunch into something slower.
Smashed plantains with smoked ham and sofrito, topped with marinated chicken
Twice-fried green plantains with salsa rosa
Pernil, chicharrones, tostones, maduros, and house salsa rosa