Best of the Menu: Bogota Latin Bistro

What’s your favorite dish on the menu?

Have you ever gone to a restaurant that was highly suggested but once you’re sitting at the table you don’t know what to order? Some menus can be intimidatingly long, which can be difficult for indecisive people (or people who want it all!) or give vague descriptions of their food.  To help get an idea what’s good where, Park Slope Patch wants to know what you think is the best dish to order. Today we ask our readers to give us the scoop on Bogota Latin Bistro’s menu. Bogota Latin Bistro, which is on Fifth Avenue between Degraw and Douglass streets, serves Pan-Latin comfort food and Colombian cuisine.  The restaurant’s menu includes quesadillas, chicharrones de pollo, shrimp ceviche, Cubano sandwiches, bandeja paisa, pollo sudado, ropa …

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In the Kitchen

Bogota Bistro's Arroz con Pollo

The Fifth Avenue Latin spot shares its recipe for this South American classic.

Arroz con Pollo—or chicken and rice—is ubiquitous throughout the Latin world. Every country has a different take on this classic, but at its heart the principle is always the same: a hearty all-in one-meal of shredded, seasoned chicken and flavorful rice, to which black beans, plaintains or salad might be added to round it out. "Arroz con pollo was one of our favorite recipes growing up," said Farid Ali Lancheros, who owns Fifth Avenue's Bogota Latin Bistro along with George Constantinou. "Both of our moms would make it for dinner at least once a week with enough left to take to school for lunch the next day." Bogota was kind enough to share its recipe for Arroz con Pollo with Patch, which happens to be one of its best-selling dishes. By …

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In Social Media Rat Race, Park Slope Businesses Are Leading the Pack

Local businesses are adopting aggressive social media campaigns to stand out from the crowd.

Bogota Latin Bistro’s 5,247th tweet was simple and alluring. “Come closer,” the June 25 post read. “Take a look. You know you want one. Columbian chicken tamale: Delicious.” For any of the 1,701 people who happen to follow Bogota Latin Bistro’s feed on Twitter, there was probably no question of whether to click on the URL following that tweet, which would have relocated him or her to a picture of a big green, glistening tamale. Perhaps, after a long gander at the thing, that follower even picked up the phone and ordered takeout. Restaurant co-owner Farid Ali sure hopes they did. In fact, for a guy who doesn’t buy print advertising, he’s pretty much banking on it. Ali is just one of the many Park Slope business owners riding the social …

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