While Mexican cuisine has long held significant space in the restaurant scene, here and nationally, representation of other Latin American countries on Maine menus is more recent. Papi is the latest addition to the area’s growing and diversifying Latin food scene, a reflection of diners’ appetites for new culinary experiences that also provides the local Latino community the comforting tastes of their culture. We’re going to create a space of uninhibited Puerto Rican joy,” explained 32-year-old Sanabria, whose father is from Vega Baja in Puerto Rico. “Papi is going to be very old-school San Juan, but bringing in a more modern vibe. Maybe more importantly, the Old Port building’s original door “just wasn’t Catholic enough,” Sanabria said with a devilish grin. had swung out to block the window view for one of the tables inside, which Sanabria would not accept. The previous door for the storefront at 18 Exchange St. The tall, gracefully arched twin doors – one of many charming touches Sanabria and her co-founder, Joshua Miranda, have planned for Papi – had been shipped from their original home outside a building in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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