Comments on: Florida Dining: Latin American Cafeteria Restaurant

By: Sharri

Sharri — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:57:58 +0000

The sandwiches a Latin America are the best ! With an order of mariquitas and a batido mamey you think you died and went to heaven!!

By: BC

BC — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:10:06 +0000

Just a note. There seem to be several different Miami-area businesses operating with a similar name. They’ve got different signs and different atmosphere. I went to one (near Florida International University) where English was barely spoken, but the food was otherworldly.

By: Jim Wagner

Jim Wagner — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:52:30 +0000

Great INFO !! I am going to retire back in S. Florida and I was looking for that good Cubano Especial that I used to get at the Latin American in Hialeah( NW 122nd/W 68th of the Palmetto) I was down for Super Bowl and went there, it was closed. How can that be it was always packed! Also the pictures are great!!!

By: NJ Dining: Havana Sandwich Queen « Off The Broiler

NJ Dining: Havana Sandwich Queen « Off The Broiler — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:34:29 +0000

[...] and I’d like to say I’ve probably had the best one on that planet, that being at the Latin American Cafeteria Restaurant in Miami. I figured that if we had any chance of finding Sandwich Cubanos anywhere near that [...]

By: offthebroiler

offthebroiler — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:10:53 +0000

Thanks Roberto, I need to get my local terminology straight. I think Pan Criollo is also a Puerto Rican term for the same thing.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:00:51 +0000

Very nicely done page! I feel like I’m back home… By the way, a Cuban would never call roast pork “pernil”, that is a Puerto Rican term. The roast pork (fresh ham) is referred to as “lechon” in Cuban-speak. The cheese, by the way, is swiss. Also, I have never heard the bread called “pan criollo”, the term I know it by is “pan de agua.”

Saludos,

Roberto

By: Randi

Randi — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:33:22 +0000

omg, we are so going there when we go to Ft. Lauderdale in March.

By: offthebroiler

offthebroiler — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:09:11 +0000

=R=, they use regular ‘ol Swiss cheese, but there’s a good amount of it on this particular sandwich.

Bux: It’s definitely a big sandwich, big enough to share.

By: Bux

Bux — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:01:49 +0000

That’s one hell of a tall Sandwich Cubano. It certainly looks like a NY Katz’s or Stage deli sandwich–at least as much as any ham, pork and cheese sandwich could. That angle cut is a nice touch. It almost makes it look dainty. If I’m not mistaken, pernil is not just roast pork, but roast fresh ham (leg of pork). That picadillo with potatoes looks as if it was influenced by corned beef hash. I mean that in a good way. It looks appealing. I’m not much of a fan of Pan Criollo, except of course when it’s reduced to almost nothing in a Sandwich Cubano.

By: =R=

=R= — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:48:15 +0000

Looks terrific! I love sandwiches Cubanos but good ones are hard to come by here in Chicago. That milanesa also looks great — though I see those more often here in town. BTW, what kind of cheese is that on the Cubanos? Or, what kind is typically used?

By: offthebroiler

offthebroiler — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:13:27 +0000

Yeah, but even in Florida its a problem. Plenty of the Non-Cubans don’t touch the stuff or are even aware of the food gems in Little Havana. Just across the street from the Latin American Cafeteria is a McDonald’s. I don’t know why the hell anyone would eat at a McD’s when this kind of place is right next to it.

BTW, this place needs a 12-banger Tostobueno, for sure.

By: DonClark

DonClark — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:53:28 +0000

It’s amazing to me this food is not more mainstream. America doesn’t know what it’s missing.

By: daisy

daisy — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:40:20 +0000

great! now i’m in the mood for Cubano sandwiches, and I’m still trying to recuperate from Thanksgiving!