Detroit gains a different type of ethnic restaurant. El Caribeño, which opened this fall at 8065 W. Vernor Hwy., offering Dominican dishes, Serena Maria Daniels writes at Metro Times:
Owner Judi Hernandez is of Mexican heritage, but she learned to cook by shadowing her Dominican mother-in-law. And so far, as possibly the only Dominican restaurant in town, she's managed to attract not just her extended family and friends but Dominicans from all over metro Detroit. . . .
For those familiar with Puerto Rican food, the concept at El Caribeño is similar. Heavy on the starchy plantains, daily specials of chicken, pork and beef -- a variety of street food that one may only appreciate if they're from the D.R. -- plus fresh juices and shakes.
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