Head to Washington Heights for New York City's Best Cheap Salvadoran Pupusas

La Cabana Salvadorena is a small Salvadoran restaurant in Washington Heights that serves up some of New York City's best pupusas on the cheap. In this episode of the excellent Operation $5 Lunch series from Thrillist, watch as host Prez heads to the Heights for the best cheap Salvadorian lunch in NYC.

Pupusas are one of the most famous menu items from El Salvador and for good reason: not only are they delicious, but they are so customizable that you can have a different one every day of the month. On this episode of Operation $5 Lunch, Prez takes us outside of midtown-Manhattan to 191st St.'s La Cabana Salvadorena where we learn about what makes Salvadorian food so special.

Vintage Photograph Shows a Clean, Ad-Free Times Square in 1908

Times Square, 1908
Times Square, 1908
Photo: LOC

One Times Square, the famous building on the south end of Manhattan's Times Square built, was once the home of The New York Times. It was completed in 1904 and the Times stayed there for just 10 years before moving out. Over the next century, the building would become a home to a speakeasy, a shooting range, and offices. But ever since the massive billboards went up, the building has remained empty.

In this vintage photo from 1908, see the building in its original state, before 90% of it was plastered with advertisements. Here is a Google Street View of how the same angle looks today:

For more on this photo, including larger scans and prints, check out its specimen page in the Library of Congress archives.