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Center City District Restaurant Week is back in Philadelphia for two tasty weeks this month and it doesn't lack Latino flavor!

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Updated on Feb 2: Center City Restaurant Week, which was supposed to end Jan. 30, has been extended due to last week’s snow scare. Some participating restaurants will continue to offer $20 lunches and $35 dinners on Feb. 2-4. The list can be found here

 

Center City District Restaurant Week is back in Philadelphia for two tasty weeks this month. More than 120 local restaurants will offer three-course dinners for $35 per person, while some will also offer three-course lunches for $20 (beverages, tax and gratuity are not included) from Jan. 18 - 30 (excluding Saturday, Jan. 24). 

Among the vast variety of participating restaurants are a diverse selection Latino food choices. The options range from Cuban to Mexican to Spanish.

Photo via Alma de Cuba’s Facebook

Alma de Cuba

The Cuban restaurant by Stephen Starr offers a three-course dinner menu including black bean soup, duck ropa vieja and coconut tapioca pudding.

 

Photo via Amada’s Instagram

Amada

The tapas-style restaurant by Jose Garces offers both a three-course lunch and a three-course dinner menu featuring dishes such as aged Manchego cheese, Spanish tortilla, chicken breast with truffles, arroz temporado (wild mushroom rice with English peas, manchego), and traditional Spanish custard.

 

Photo via Chima’s Facebook

Chima Brazilian Steakhouse

Just blocks from Suburban Station, this traditional Brazilian churrascaria-style dining offers a dinner of 11 rotisserie meats including steak, chicken, sausage, ribs, and fish, as well as fried polenta, fried bananas mashed potatoes and a gourmet salad bar.

 

Photo via Cuba Libre’s Instagram

Cuba Libre

This restaurant and rum bar offers both a three-course lunch and a three-course dinner featuring dishes like chicken Chicharrones, Cuban sandwich, vegetable paella, and rice pudding.

 

Photo via El Vez’s Instagram

El Vez

Stephen Starr's Mexican-inspired restaurant offers a four course dinner menu including tuna ceviche, carnitas tacos, black bean enchiladas, and vanilla flan.

 

Photo via Jamonera’s Instagram

Jamonera

This Spanish wine bar offers a three-course dinner including albondigas (beef and pork meatballs), grilled skirt steak and blood orange sangria sorbet. They also offer a selection of items for the table to share.

 

Photo via Lolita’s Instagram

Lolita

This modern Mexican restaurant offers a three-course lunch menu and a three-course dinner menu with dishes such as Mexican chopped salad, Korean pork belly tacos, morita chilse rubbed filet tips, braised short ribs and passion fruit sorbet.

 

Photo via Mixto’s Instagram

Mixto

Mixto, the younger sibling of restaurant Tierra Colombiana on N. 5th Street, offers a mixture of Cuban, Latin American, and Caribbean inspired dishes on their three-course dinner menu including camarones al ajillo (garlic shrimp), churrasco (grilled meats), vegetarian paella  and Rioja chocolate.

 

Photo via Rosa Blanca’s Instagram

Rosa Blanca

This Cuban restaurant from Iron Chef Jose Garces, features a three-course lunch menu and a three-course dinner menu. For the menus, call the restaurant.

 

Photo via Tequilas’s Facebook

Tequilas Restaurant

This authentic Mexican restaurant's three-course lunch and three-course dinner menu features empanadas, tortilla soup, taquitos, enchiladas, and tres leche cake.

 

Photo via Tinto’s Instagram

Tinto

Another Jose Garces-owned tapas restaurant offers a three-course dinner featuring various cheeses, chorizo, Spanish octopus, pork belly, and Cuajada (olive oil Panna Cotta).

 

Photo via Xochitl’s Facebook

Xochitl

This Mexican restaurant and bar offers a four-course dinner that includes guacamole, pozole, chicken tinga tamal, and a chocolate tres leche cake.

Visit the Center City District Restaurant Week website for a complete list of participating restaurants and follow their Twitter for updates.

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