How Manolo López Built a Latino Cultural Hub in NYC 🇵🇷

If you're a Latino in New York and you don't know Café Colmado, this episode is for you. For Hispanic Heritage Month, Gadiel sits down with Puerto Rican chef and entrepreneur Manolo López, the founder of Mofon•GO and co-founder of Café Colmado in Loisaida (the Lower East Side), a coffee shop that's really a cultural hub for Dominicans, Puerto Ricans and Latinos across the city. In this episode: • How New York taught him to be Puerto Rican • Why Café Colmado is "masked as a coffee shop" • Throwing a Bad Bunny Super Bowl party with Adidas (and the fire marshal) • The SBA stat that 85% of NYC restaurants fail in year one, and how he beat the odds • Living between Rincón, Puerto Rico and New York • A chef ranks Latin food: DR vs. Puerto Rico, Peru vs. Mexico • Why we need to stop asking our own people for the hookup Whether you're starting a business, building community, or just love our culture, this one's for you. What was your biggest takeaway? Tell us in the comments. Follow Manolo López: @manolo.jpeg Visit Café Colmado: 286 Broome Street, New York, NY Subscribe for more conversations on culture, comedy, and Latino identity. #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinoBusiness #PuertoRico Click on the to turn on post notifications! 0:00 The spot every NYC Latino needs to know 4:24 Why it's called Loisaida, and how NY made him Puerto Rican 12:26 Throwing a Bad Bunny Super Bowl party for 500 "legally" 25:41 The SBA told him 85% of restaurants fail. Here's what he did 35:35 A chef ranks Latin food: DR vs. PR, Peru vs. Mexico Website: https://www.GadielDelOrbe.com Facebook:   / gadieldelorbe   Instagram:   / gadieldelorbe