Red Hook Ball Fields Visited 5/30/10 4 Forks

Red Hook Ball Fields Clinton St & Bay St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

I have been to the Red Hook Ball Fields many times and I love it every time. It's basically a bunch of Latin American food charts that line a soccer field in Red Hook. There are pupusas, tacos, huraches, corn on the cob, fruit drinks, ceviche, etc. The carts are very authentic and run by many different kinds of latin americans. It's hard to decide where to go and where to start...and I would warn you to come hungry and with cash. We started off with a freshly squeezed watermelon juice ($2) and 2 corn on the cob with mayo and chili ($2.50/each). The watermelon juice was great and the ideal summer drink. The only hard part was that there are chunks of watermelon at the bottom so it's hard to drink sometimes. The corn was very fresh and the combo of mayo and chili was very tasty, but extremely messy.

It was hard to pick what our main meal would be...I had wanted pupusas, but everyone seemed to have the huraches, so we thought it would be good to try. The line was super long but goes pretty quickly. The signage on the carts are in spanish with some english, so I think if you know spanish you will have an easier time interpreting the menu. We got a hurache with chorizio ($6)...the thing is HUGE. It's a giant fresh tortilla (so good on its own) and it had chorizio, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. It was delicious and extremely filling. One is enough for 2 people. What I love about this place is that it seems like you're a world away from New York City but it's really not that far away from the city. I will warn you that it's pretty hard to get to. Even after you get off the F train at Smith and 9th street, it's still a long walk through a semi-sketchy 'hood. But once you are there, the people there are all incredibly nice and you can see them cooking the food right there in the cart, so you know it's fresh and made well.

We ended the day with a strawberry shake ($2.50), which was made from fresh strawberries and milk, I think. I used come and get the ceviche but they've since raised the prices from $7 to $9, so I took a pass on it but in the past it tasted really good.