Cucharamama Restaurant Review
233 Clinton St. (Second St.) 
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Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-420-1700 | Menu
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Cucharamama Restaurant is one of our 2012
Hot 10 North Jersey Restaurants | Top 10 North Jersey Food Rating Restaurants
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Cuisine
Open
Dinner Tues.-Sun., Brunch Sun.Features
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Open late Fri.-Sat.
- Parking lot
- Casual dressy
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 Patrons grasp Cucharamama right off. They must, it’s the front door handle---a huge wooden spoon, the “mother spoon”---for which the restaurant is named. The cucharamama symbolizes kitchen power, which is in abundant supply here. Scholar-turned-chef Maricel Presilla offers an array of artisanal foods from eight South American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Although the menu is extensive and exotic, at the heart of this convivial restaurant is el horno---the wood-burning stove. From its fires come dishes such as chorizo Argentino con pimientos y cebolla (a scintillating Argentinean sausage, crisped and sweating from the oven) served with slivers of bright red roasted peppers, onions and vinegary red chimichurri sauce; and thin-crust, six-inch “pizzas” with distinctive toppings: Serrano ham, manchego cheese, dried cod and Andean aji amarillo, a fiery dried chili. The bar scene is lively and many emblematic Latin favorites are served such as a lemony Cuban mojito.
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