Located at 4623 W. Gate City Boulevard in the Sedgefield Crossing Shopping Center in Greensboro, La Palma offers Dominican and Caribbean food for lunch and dinner. Food specials change daily, and catering is available.
While Greensboro has Mexican eateries aplenty (one of them, El Mariachi, is right next door), Dominican and other Latin cuisine is largely underrepresented. Thankfully, La Palma, which opened earlier this month, capably fills the void.
La Palma’s pan-Caribbean menu includes starters, soups, salads, sandwiches, platters, and signature dishes. In addition to the more familiar Cuban sandwiches, plantains, nachos, and empanadas, you will find cassava balls, longaniza (Dominican sausage), mofongo (Puerto Rican plantain bowls), and a decidedly different take on lasagna (shredded chicken or beef, pasta strips, cheese, and cream sauce).
For my first visit, I opted for a takeout order of a La Palma sandwich (pulled pork, lettuce, tomato, onion, and sauce with fried plantains instead of bread) and sweet plantains (maduros) as well as a Cuban sandwich with fried plantains (tostones) for my wife. The cashier was friendly, and the sandwiches came out to about $7 apiece with a choice of side included, a very good value given the filling portion sizes.
The food definitely did not disappoint. Though a bit of a mess to eat (plantains don’t hold ingredients together nearly as well as bread), the La Palma featured tender pork and a delicious pink gustosita sauce. The maduros were crisper and not quite as sweet as some that I’ve had, but they still satisfied. My wife rated her Cuban and tostones a definite re-order for future visits.
Sparsely appointed with few tables, La Palma is tidy and neat but probably better suited for takeout. If you go this route, do not expect fast food prep speeds: this food is made with care (in front of your eyes, if you choose to look past the counter) and takes time.
With an enticing menu, reasonable prices, and (so far) very tasty food, La Palma has earned a “Me gustó” as well as several likely returns.
8.5/10
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