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The cooks are busy, the ice is chilling, and the flavors are on fire at Jibaritos y Más in Humboldt Park, where diners find authentic Puerto Rican food with a little surprise.

"We're Venezuelan immigrants," said Jesus Arrieta, who co-founded the restaurant with his mother, Yelitza Rivera.

Always a cook, Rivera's first job in the U.S. was at a Puerto Rican restaurant.

"That's how her passion for the Puerto Rican food started," Arrieta said. "She had the best Puerto Rican food in my opinion. All her food is amazing."

Rivera and Arrieta call all four of their Jibaritos restaurant

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