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Message: [QUOTE="KellySyracuse, post: 3387435, member: 1644"] has anyone tried this place yet? [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.syracuse.com/best-of-cny/2020/05/hidden-gems-of-cny-an-old-trailer-that-serves-the-dominican-flavor-from-a-vacant-city-parking-lot.html[/URL] Syracuse, N.Y. — Believe it or not, you can find a new place serving great food during a pandemic. I happened by one last week. And this gem is more disguised than it is hidden. It’s an old 18-foot camper parked in a vacant lot on the city’s Near West Side. At the corner of Seymour and Niagara streets you’ll find El Trailer del Sabor, Spanish for The Flavor Trailer. Inside Lucy Diaz will be preparing authentic Dominican food, and her boyfriend Manuel Lopez will be at the window taking orders from customers. “I love the look on people’s faces when they take their first bite of my food,” Lucy said. “People will try it, and they’ll come back, and they’re willing to wait for it if there’s a line. I like to test Americans with something new.” She grew up in the Dominican Republic, where she cooked three meals a day at home. She emigrated to the United States 10 years ago. Lucy and Manuel met a few years ago. He was driving a taxi, taking her to work at Dominick’s Neighborhood Market on the North Side. She talked about her passion for cooking, and he commiserated about how ride-sharing apps like Uber were killing his business. They’ve been together since. They bought this camper for $300 in LaFayette and gutted it, replacing the insides with kitchen equipment bought from a restaurant that had closed. After painting it blue with a red stripe and tacking on some white lights, they got their restaurant permit from the city in September and opened for business. [/QUOTE]

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