Excerpt from Times report:
In East Harlem, the two branches of Little Mexico have mountains of imported products, showing that business is brisk and that Mexicans are united in their love for hot chocolate, chili-powder-covered candy and prickly pear. A trip there is a good excuse to visit the main drag of Mexican East Harlem, 116th Street between Second and Third Avenues, to savor a block of restaurants, taco stands, barber shops and clothing stores.
Twenty different churches got one or two votes each for Spanish-language Mass; none got more than two. But St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church on East 117th Street, founded in 1834, serves as a center for the Mexicans of East Harlem (you can combine it with your visit to Little Mexico and 116th Street). It’s one of those beautiful Manhattan buildings stuck on a side street where you can’t back up far enough to take it all in. But inside, there is stained glass and a soaring wooden vault.
Little Mexico, 2119 Third Avenue, (212) 828-0500. Also at 2001 Third Avenue, (212) 289-2640.
St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, 113 East 117th Street, (212) 534-4422. Spanish Mass: Saturday, 9 a.m., Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
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Posted on January 22, 2007 by D. Bell