The Sugar Shack, where the guarapo flows
Eye On Real Estate
Need a sugar fix?
Valentín Palacio Bautista’s got one for you at an outdoor fruit and vegetable stand on the sidewalk at the intersection of Irving and Myrtle avenues.
He grinds up stalks of sugar cane in a metal machine and out comes guarapo, a cup of liquid sugar. Yep, sugar-cane juice. Who knew such a thing existed? It’s a sweet tooth’s dream come true.
Mexicans, Dominicans and Ecuadorians buy guarapo from the open-air sugar shack, but not hipsters.