El Castillo De Jagua   11.14.2007
El Castillo De Jagua
113 Rivington St Ste 1
New York, NY 10002
212.982.6412

The Scene
Local Dominican restaurant that’s been a staple to the Lower East Side for a long time, very homey atmosphere.

I was first introduced to El Castillo De Jagua a longgggggg time ago by my gurl, Vicki. She took me to this spot to try out the Baked Chicken with Yellow Rice, ever since I’ve been a fan. The odd thing is that for some reason all these years I’ve mistaken this restaurant to be on another block so everytime I walked by and didn’t see it, I automatically thought it folded. Then a few months ago, Vicki brought this restaurant up again telling me its one of her favorite restaurants. Still I had no clue until I walked by last month with B after the ALIFE x The North Face NSE Preview Event and all my memories came back! I was like, “OMG this was the spot that I wanted to come back to but thought it went out of business!”, B cracked up and was like, “I’ve been coming here for lunch for the past few weeks, the food is real good.” Damn weird, we went in for dinner…the food is just as good! I’m so happy I’ve re-united with this spot (haha), it is one of the best Spanish restaurants…everyone must try! Peep the pics after the jump…

El Castillo De Jagua   11.14.2007

El Castillo De Jagua   11.14.2007

El Castillo De Jagua   11.14.2007

El Castillo De Jagua   11.14.2007
I forgot what kind of drink B had…

El Castillo De Jagua   11.14.2007
Me: Pollo Al Horno baked chicken with yellow rice and beans $7.00 – super good!

El Castillo De Jagua   11.14.2007
B: Carne Guisada beef stew with yellow rice and beans $7.50 – real good too!

El Castillo De Jagua   11.14.2007

By: retrogurl
Posted: 12.05.2007
Categories: eats

9 Responses to “El Castillo De Jagua – 11.14.2007”

  1. lucy92 says:

    did B have a horchata? that’s what it looked like.

    seems like a cute place. i will check it out.

  2. jessica says:

    a dominican spot doesn’t have horchata! spanish food is the bomba.

  3. ashle says:

    b looks like she had Morir Soñado maybe? good drink
    you should also check out this place called El Nuevo Amanecer, its on stanton and essex, it has really good food, service not so much, but food it

  4. M3lz says:

    yea i agree with Ashle…B’s drink ooks like a Morir Soñando — orange juice with milk n ice blended..

    but yeaaaa Dominican food is the best haha ;)

    GLAD U LIKE IT!!

  5. Erykah says:

    I love that restaurant! and theres another one in brooklyn (flatbush Ave) right by my job.
    & the drink looks like a morir soñado…as mentioned by everyone else< its orange juice, milk and sugaaa.

  6. Gin says:

    Ooooh.. looks yummy. I want to go! =P

  7. Lindsey says:

    Hii!!

    I stumbled upon your blog at work looking for pictures of this restaurant so I can show my husband. This place is awesome!! Thanks for posting pictures so I can finally show him!

  8. evelina says:

    Hi:

    I started going to Castillo since the 80's. I can honestly say the food there is great. Just hate the fact that it so far for me to get there. Try the cubano,pernil sandwiches and the flan. Y el vinito….

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