The Heart of a Rising Area Battles to Survive - By Sam Dolnic (The New York Times)

The space is little more than a cramped room with teal-colored walls, a griddle, and a refrigerator filled with Mexican sodas. But this modest restaurant in the South Bronx has become the hub of the Melrose community, a place where police officers, construction workers, lawyers and local residents gather to eat tamales and gossip about the neighborhood ... read more