Dishes · Dinner · Side dishes
Chicharrón, loud and salty
Chicharrón usually means fried pork skin, puffed and crackling, though the word can also cover fried belly with the meat still on.
Cantina Rooftop
Dinner menu · Tuesday to Sunday from 5pm
Side dishes
Same dish and price on the brunch menu (Saturday and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm).
Please tell your server about any food allergies.
A Spanish snack that stayed in Mexico
Spain has eaten it for a long time, Andalusia in particular, and it traveled with the empire to Mexico and the Philippines. In Mexico it's both a snack and an ingredient. People crumble it into a warm tortilla with salsa, stew it in salsa verde until it goes soft and chewy, or eat it straight.
Order it for the table. A whole plate of fried pork is as rich as it sounds.
The menu doesn't say whether this is skin or belly. If you want to know which kind is coming, ask your server.
Chicharrón: questions
What is chicharrón made of?
Usually pork, either the skin alone or belly with the meat on. Some places use chicken or beef and still call it chicharrón.
How do you eat chicharrón?
On its own with lime and hot sauce, crumbled into a taco, or stewed in salsa verde, where it softens and soaks up the sauce.
How much for the chicharrón at Cantina Rooftop?
$10 on our menu right now. See it on the full menu.
When can I order the chicharrón?
It's on our dinner menu (Tuesday to Sunday from 5pm) and our brunch menu (Saturday and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm). We're at 605 W 48th St in Hell's Kitchen. Book a table.