Mamajuana Cafe Inwood

"Owned by Dominican serial entrepreneur Susana Osorio—co-founder of a mini empire of Dominican fusion restaurants with outposts in Harlem, The Bronx, Queens, New Jersey, and Little DR’s Dyckman—MamaJuana is across the street from Inwood Hill Park, and it's a great spot for people watching, brunch, or Happy Hour. Dine on the sidewalk here, and enjoy some yucca crab cakes, empanadas, camarones en coco, and cocktails that will transport you directly to Playa Rincon." - shelley worrell 31

"Herbs, roots, smells, colors, and sensual taste. Mamajuana's cuisine as a brand is beautiful and on point: hues that represent the rum, red wine and honey in the native Dominican drink, Mamajuana. Perfect to add a bit of spice to your Friday date night, the drink, Mamajuana, is said to help 'sexual vigor.' In either case, with a fusion of food from Latin America and a speciality toward seafood-centric dishes, you can't go wrong." - Jeanne Henry

"Mamajuana Cafe, Inwood. Herbs, roots, smells, colors, and sensual taste. Mamajuana's cuisine as a brand is beautiful and on point: hues that represent the rum, red wine and honey in the native Dominican drink, Mamajuana. Perfect to add a bit of spice to your Friday date night, the drink, Mamajuana, is said to help 'sexual vigor.' In either case, with a fusion of food from Latin America and a speciality toward seafood-centric dishes, you can't go wrong."

"Mamajuana Cafe, Inwood. Herbs, roots, smells, colors, and sensual taste. Mamajuana's cuisine as a brand is beautiful and on point: hues that represent the rum, red wine and honey in the native Dominican drink, Mamajuana. Perfect to add a bit of spice to your Friday date night, the drink, Mamajuana, is said to help 'sexual vigor.' In either case, with a fusion of food from Latin America and a speciality toward seafood-centric dishes, you can't go wrong."

"My favorite place in Inwood is Mamajuana. The owner, Susanna, is a friend. We met through Julio Pena, whose restaurant, Il Posto Accanto, is the place that I’ve gone the most in the last five years. It’s on Second Street, where I lived and hung out forever. Mamajuana is where I’d usually go to, but they don’t open until two and it was 12 when I had free time. So me and my photographer got tacos."