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188 Bakery Cuchifritos
Forty-plus years of Puerto Rican fry-counter glory under the Fordham lights — the steam table and fry case do the talking.
Order: Pernil with arroz con gandules, plus an alcapurria straight from the fry case. Point at what looks good; it all is.
Verified open 2026 (Yelp July 2026; open daily 9am–11pm)
158 E 188th St (near Grand Concourse, Fordham) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Antonio's Trattoria
The friendliest sit-down in Belmont — baked clams, brick-oven pies, and fresh pasta without the wait or the ceremony of the bigger names.
Order: Baked clams to start, then a fresh pasta; the brick-oven pizza is the budget play.
Verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp June 2026, current hours posted; open daily)
2370 Belmont Ave (at E 186th St) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
City Island Lobster House
White-tablecloth-adjacent lobster dinners by the City Island bridge, with water views and old-school service. The occasion meal at the end of the Bx29.
Order: The twin lobster special if it's running, or a stuffed lobster. Ask for a window table on the water side.
Verified open 2026 (Yelp July 2026, full weekly hours posted)
691 Bridge St (north end of City Island, by the bridge) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Dominick's
Communal tables, no written menu, no printed bill — the waiter tells you what's good and tells you what you owe. A Belmont institution since 1962 and the most Bronx dinner on the avenue.
Order: Chicken scarpariello and whatever pasta the waiter pushes. Bring cash and don't ask for a menu.
Verified open 2026 (Yelp reviews July 2026). Cash only; open Thu–Sun
2335 Arthur Ave (btwn E 184th & E 186th St) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
El Nuevo Bohio Lechonera
A Tremont lechonera where whole roast pork gets chopped to order behind the glass. One of the best cheap plates in the borough, full stop.
Order: Pernil chopped to order — ask for cuerito (crispy skin) — with arroz con gandules. Grab pastelillos for the road.
Verified open 2026 (Yelp June 2026; open daily 8:30am–8:30pm)
791 E Tremont Ave (near Prospect Ave, East Tremont) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Full Moon Pizza
Belmont's corner slice shop since 1976, still family-run. This is the neighborhood's everyday pizza, not the tourist stop.
Order: A plain cheese slice at the counter — thin, foldable, done right. Add a Sicilian square if you're hungry.
Verified open 2026 (Yelp active May 2026, nyctourism listing; open daily)
600 E 187th St (at Arthur Ave) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Johnny's Reef
Cafeteria-line fried seafood at the very tip of City Island, eaten on an open-air deck over the water with seagulls circling. This is the Bronx's beach-town ritual.
Order: Fried shrimp plate with fries, a frozen strawberry daiquiri, and a table at the rail facing Long Island Sound.
Verified open 2026 (Yelp June 2026; open Thu–Sun only, closed Mon–Wed)
2 City Island Ave (southern tip of City Island) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
La Morada
Family-run Oaxacan kitchen in Mott Haven with some of the city's most serious moles, five minutes from the 6 train. Activist-owned, community-rooted, and cooking at a level that embarrasses fancier rooms.
Order: Enchiladas with mole Oaxaqueño — or ask which of the moles came off the stove that morning. Bring cash.
Verified open 2026 (Tripadvisor listing current 2026). Cash only
308 Willis Ave (btwn E 140th & E 141st St, Mott Haven) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Louie & Ernie's Pizza
A tiny house-front parlor in Schuylerville that pizza obsessives cross boroughs for, slinging thin-crust pies since 1959. Worth the detour off the Arthur Ave axis.
Order: The sausage pie — fist-sized chunks of fresh pork-store sausage. The white pie with ricotta is the other move.
Verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp active Aug 2026; listed hours Mon–Fri 11am–8pm, confirm weekends)
1300 Crosby Ave (at Waterbury Ave, Schuylerville) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Mario's Restaurant
Open since 1919 and run by the same family — this room fed decades of Yankees, Muhammad Ali, and Paul Newman. Old-world Neapolitan service that no longer exists most places.
Order: Start with the pizza (they began as a pizzeria and have had a century to perfect it), then the veal parmigiana. Make a full evening of it.
Verified open 2026 (featured in Forbes Arthur Avenue guide, Feb 2026)
2342 Arthur Ave (btwn E 184th & E 186th St) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Mike's Deli
The counter inside the Arthur Avenue Retail Market that's been feeding Belmont for 80-plus years. Heroes built like structural engineering, eaten at market tables surrounded by cheese and sawdust.
Order: Eggplant parmigiana hero — or let them build you a prosciutto-and-fresh-mozzarella combo and eat it at the tables inside the market.
Verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp active May 2026, hours posted; closed Sundays)
2344 Arthur Ave (inside Arthur Avenue Retail Market, near E 186th St) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Taqueria Tlaxcalli
Parkchester's CDMX-style taqueria, going since 2006 and beloved well beyond the neighborhood. Handmade tortillas, no shortcuts.
Order: Tacos al pastor on handmade tortillas with a horchata. The quesadillas are the sleeper.
Verified open 2026 (official site + Tripadvisor listings current July 2026)
2103 Starling Ave (near Odell St, Parkchester) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
The Original Crab Shanty
Bibs, mallets, and mountains of garlic — the loudest, most fun seafood hall on City Island, running strong for decades.
Order: Garlic blue crabs, house style. Every table gets the free loaf of garlic bread; pace yourself, portions are absurd.
Verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp Aug 2026; open daily to 11pm, midnight Fri–Sat)
361 City Island Ave (at Tier St) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Tra Di Noi
Chef Marco Colletti's little trattoria off the main drag, cooking Abruzzo and Puglia specials for regulars. The locals' pick when they're not going to Dominick's.
Order: Spaghetti alla chitarra all'amatriciana, or the orecchiette with broccoli rabe if it's on the specials board.
Verified open 2026 (featured in Forbes Arthur Avenue guide, Feb 2026)
622 E 187th St (btwn Belmont & Hughes Ave) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Zero Otto Nove
Roberto Paciullo's Salerno-style trattoria with a real wood-fired oven, in a room painted like a Campanian piazza. The serious end of Arthur Avenue pizza.
Order: La Riccardo pizza — butternut squash cream, smoked mozzarella, and pancetta, no tomato. Trust it.
Verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp July 2026, full hours posted; closed Mondays, break 2:30–4:30pm)
2357 Arthur Ave (btwn E 186th & Crescent Ave) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Borgatti's Ravioli & Egg Noodles
Same family, same 187th Street storefront since 1935 — egg noodles cut to your chosen width on the original machine, and ravioli by the box for the freezer.
Order: A box of jumbo cheese ravioli and fresh fettuccine cut #3; they will cut noodles to any width you ask.
verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp Aug 2026) — closed Sun & Mon
632 E 187th St (near Belmont Ave), Belmont, Bronx · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Casa Della Mozzarella
Orazio Carciotto's shop pulls mozzarella by hand all day on Arthur Avenue's 187th Street — still warm if you time it right, and the basis of a legendary sandwich.
Order: A ball of unsalted mozzarella still warm from the pull, or the Ciccio special sandwich if you're eating now.
verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp Aug 2026) — Sun open mornings only, 7:30am-1pm
604 E 187th St (at Arthur Ave), Belmont, Bronx · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Teitel Brothers
Jewish-family-run Italian grocery anchoring Arthur Avenue since 1915 — barrels of olives, hanging provolone, and tins of tomatoes and olive oil at prices Manhattan cannot touch.
Order: Whatever imported olive oil is on the sidewalk deal, a pound of oil-cured olives, and pecorino cut off the wheel.
verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp May 2026) — closed Sundays; mostly cash, tight aisles
2372 Arthur Ave (at E 186th St), Belmont, Bronx · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
La Piraña Lechonera
Angel Jimenez — machete in hand — carves whole roast pig from a converted trailer in a Mott Haven lot, weekends only, like he has for decades. The closest thing NYC has to a Puerto Rican lechonera on the island.
Order: Lechon with crispy cuerito (skin), arroz con gandules, and whatever salad Angel insists you try.
verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp updated Aug 2026); Sat-Sun only, roughly noon-6pm, cash only, lines form early
E 152nd St & Wales Ave, Mott Haven, Bronx (parking-lot trailer) · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07