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Dining Latino<\/a> is produced in collaboration with Juntos de Lebanon and Level Eleven.<\/p>\n Bytes Dominican Flavors<\/a> at 27 S. 8th St. in Lebanon, open late and offering classic Dominican street food, recently passed its one-year anniversary in the storefront.<\/p>\n They\u2019re open from 3 p.m. to midnight on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, and from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. the next day on Fridays and Saturdays.<\/p>\n The menu has street food like chimi, burritos, tacos, mofongo, yaroa, patacon, cachapa, and more.<\/p>\n \t\tThe menu is full of Dominican street food for customers to enjoy. (William Trostel)<\/p>\n Married couple Junior and Lia Peralta run the business. They\u2019re both from the Dominican Republic and moved to the United States. Junior said they\u2019ve lived in Florida, New York, and now Lebanon, and they saw an opportunity to bring Dominican street food to the area.<\/p>\n \u201cMy father used to own a restaurant, we had a pizza shop, so I thought of owning a pizza shop, but when I went to Lebanon, there\u2019s a pizza shop on every corner, so I thought this is not the business for Lebanon,\u201d Junior said.<\/p>\n Before the storefront opened, they ran a home catering business where everything was bite-sized Dominican finger food. He said Dominican street food is very popular in New York, but there wasn\u2019t anything local offering something similar.<\/p>\n \u201c[Lia\u2019s] cousin who brought us over to Lebanon, he was like, \u2018Listen, there\u2019s something missing in Lebanon that is food \u2014 street food,\u2019\u201d Junior said. \u201cIt was something different.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tThe business sits at 27 S. 8th St. in Lebanon and is open late. (William Trostel)<\/p>\n He said they had people request certain food items from them, so they went to Dollar Tree, got aluminum containers, and started cooking.<\/p>\n And people liked it.<\/p>\n He said they were regularly waking up at 2 a.m. to cook and then take the food to their day jobs to sell to colleagues.<\/p>\n Then the space on South 8th Street opened. The previous owner was a client of the previous home-based business, and when he decided to sell the storefront, he offered it to Junior, who said he got some advice from the inspector when they came to check out the kitchen.<\/p>\n \u201cHe said something that happens with most Hispanic restaurants \u2014 they don\u2019t welcome non-Hispanics. They\u2019re just closed, dark, we\u2019re always shaded, we\u2019re always tinted,\u201d Junior said. \u201cWe welcome everyone. They are our friends from day one, and they keep coming back for that.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tBytes Dominican Flavors owners Junior and Lia Peralta prepare their most popular dishes. (William Trostel)<\/p>\n He said they haven\u2019t done much advertising, and their customers either came from the catering business or tried the place after hearing positive reviews from other people.<\/p>\n Bytes recently got onto DoorDash, so customers can order from the restaurant and have food delivered. Junior said they\u2019ve had some complaints about the independent drivers, but the new service has been great for business. They\u2019ve seen orders from all over the county, up north from Jonestown and west from Palmyra.<\/p>\n \t\t\tOwner Junior Peralta shows off the restaurant\u2019s most popular dishes and freshly squeezed juice. (William Trostel)<\/p>\n Since they\u2019re open late at night, Junior said they have customers stop in for some food before going out on the town. With DoorDash also being an option, the street food is easily accessible for Lebanon County\u2019s night owls.<\/p>\n Beyond the personable customer service, Junior said the food is what keeps people coming back. The ingredients are high-quality, and they get meat delivered every other day to ensure it\u2019s fresh.<\/p>\n \t\tFreshly squeezed juice at Bytes. (William Trostel)<\/p>\n And Bytes might be expanding into new regions in the future. They\u2019ve had customers from Lancaster and Reading come in and express interest in a restaurant closer to their home, and Junior said they have close friends who might be interested in running a Bytes of their own.<\/p>\n \t\tBytes Dominican Flavors\u2019 most popular dishes include the salchipapa, the Dominican smashburger, the yaroa, the mofonguitos, and the chimi. (William Trostel)<\/p>\n Questions about this story? Suggestions for a future LebTown article? 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