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La Piraña Lechonera

Ranked 62 in New York, outside the top 25 Mott Haven Puerto Rican

42.6Down 17

A food trailer in the South Bronx that roasts whole pigs for hours in a wood-fired oven. It is open weekends only until the pork runs out, and lines can be long.

What to order

We have not found a dish that a source singles out yet, so we are not guessing.

Get a table

Walk-in only, weekends

This restaurant does not publish when it releases tables.

For a walk-in spot, the first seating and the last hour of service usually have the shortest wait.

Who is naming it

Where the score comes from

Critic lists
14.0
Press buzz
0.0
Newness
11.0
Honors
0.0

Points from the four parts add up, then pass through a curve that tops out at 100. How the score works

The last 30 days

3550Oct 15Nov 13

Days before we began daily reads are rebuilt from the Internet Archive's saved copies of the same lists.

Where

766 E 152nd St, Bronx, NY

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