San Juan

Any restaurant able to keep its doors open for 80-plus years (an eternity in the hospitality business) must be doing something right. A local culinary legend, La Casita Blana’s authentic Puerto Rican cuisine keeps its tables packed daily with local families, politicians, artists and visitors seeking a one-of-a-kind meal. You’ll find the day’s offerings scrawled on a chalkboard; you can almost always count on staples such as arroz con pollo and tender, flavorful petitos de cerdo (pig’s feet). What La Casita Blanca lacks in elegance, it makes up for tenfold in character.