A box is not an afterthought at these restaurants. It is part of the plan. Regulars factor it in before they even sit down, the same way you factor in a jacket when rain is basically guaranteed.
These Spanish and Latin restaurants across New York have have been sending people home with tomorrow’s lunch already ready, all for the price of one. And these generous portions? That’s what they are known for.
Not generous in the polite sense, where you leave satisfied but not surprised. Generous in the sense that the plate arrives and the table goes briefly silent…