Yely’s Coffee Shop

Yely’s Coffee Shop on Centre Street serves Dominican food, and the name leaves quite a lot of lunch unexplained. This family-run business has been open since 1994, with fried pork, chicken and plantains among the reasons to visit. Chicharrón and other frituras are a focus, alongside plates that combine meat with rice and beans.

The menu also includes mangú and dishes such as rice with pigeon peas. You can choose a full meal rather than treating Yely’s as only a place for coffee and a snack. It’s part of the stretch of Dominican businesses around Jamaica Plain’s Jackson Square area, useful for picking up familiar home-style food or trying a plate of chicken, rice and plantains for the first time.