Pollo Tropical

Free Santa's Enchanted Forest Pass from Pollo Tropical

There is nothing that says "Christmas in Miami" like Santa's Enchanted Forest. Look, with the weather a cool, crisp 80 degrees, why not celebrate with a month-long carnival that features dioramas depicting Santa with space aliens and carnys hawking giant Spongebob Squarepants for the winning?Read al ... More >>

Top Ten Celebs Who Should Endorse a Miami Chain Restaurant

Hey local chains, time to get brand smart. Miami celebs, time to get hip to your local chain restaurants. Mr. 305 himself is doing it. Last week Miami Subs partnered with Miami artist Pitbull in a big push to expand the chain. We know of a few more local chains that could use a some famous endorse ... More >>

Win Free Pollo Tropical For a Year at North Miami Store Opening

Pollo Tropical is celebrating the official grand opening of a new South Florida location on Friday, July 6 and you're invited to stand in line for a year's supply of chicken.The first 100 people in line by 10 a.m. on July 6 at the new restaurant, located at 12000 NW Seventh Avenue in North Miami, wi ... More >>

Pollo Tropical: Teachers Get Free Chicken For a Year

Hold the phone.Pollo Tropical has finally answered all of our prayers: they're giving away free Tropi Chops, y'all.Okay, we have to admit, we weren't as excited about this either, but then our sad, rude, and pathetic selves took into account that good ol' Pollo Tropical is giving away food for free ... More >>

Pollo Tropical Celebrates National Soup Day on Wednesday With $1 Soups

​It's good to see restaurants take food holidays seriously, especially fast food chains like Pollo Tropical when they offer $1 cups of soup all day to celebrate National Soup Day. To take advantage of this deal, a customer has to say, "Happy Soup Day!" to the cashier and you pay only one buck for ... More >>

Cow Heart Makes Hearts Stop

Each week's edition of Show & Tell gets more adventurous. It's organ time! Usually ceviche is the first dish that comes to mind when thinking of Peruvian food, at least for nonnatives. That's what some Short Order writers thought even before the white Styrofoam box was opened; they were in for a ... More >>

A Clucking Great Giveaway from Pollo Tropical

​Since September 15 is National Chicken Lovers Day (don't fret -- we didn't know, either), all Pollo Tropical company-owned restaurants in Florida, Georgia, and New Jersey will be giving away free quarter-chicken meals along with rice and beans from 2 to 7 p.m. today, but there's a catch: you've g ... More >>

It's National Chicken Day? Tudor House, Joe's, and Morgans Still Offer the Bird

​It's no secret that publicists will do anything to get their clients some press. Pollo Tropical, no exception to this rule, announced that today is National Chicken Day. After reading articles about this "food holiday" from local publications throughout the country, we did some research and could ... More >>

McDonald's Should Dump Its "Cafe con Leche"

I'm over it.First Pollo Tropical decides to Americanize the menu of its restaurants in the Northeast to attract more Anglo diners, then Dunkin' Donuts comes out with the "Cuban Flatbread Sandwich," and now, in what just might be one of the most derogatory forms of flattery I have ever seen, McDonald ... More >>

Pollo Tropical Goes Gringo To Appeal To Broader Market

via Flickr Mark HeardWe don't like po-yo. We like chicken.​In 1988, the first Pollo Tropical restaurant opened in Miami and the Latino population rejoiced. There was finally a Latin fast food restaurant in our city. A real one, unlike Taco Bell. Like a new relationship, it was awesome in the begin ... More >>

Five Great Restaurant Dishes For $10 or Under

Lee KleinAn $8 steal​Last week we aimed the spotlight at ten overpriced restaurant dishes; this week we go the other way. I would like to have called this The 5 Best Restaurant Dishes For $10 Or Under, but there are way too many great deals in town to warrant so declarative a statement.For instanc ... More >>

Pollo Tropical's 21-Day Diet Will Make You Slim as a Chicken

"21 days to a new you!"​January 1, 2011Dear diary,I'm so psyched over Pollo Tropical's new 3-week diet -- "21 days to a new you!" they say, and I can hardly wait. One can only take being called "Old Flabby" by co-workers for so long. I've already had the Day 1 lunch and dinner and so far so good! ... More >>

Go Fly a Kite

Miami Needs Indie Food Shops and Restaurants

Lee Klein​Fries. Cupcakes. Cocktails. You won't find that trio at any chain restaurant, be it fast food, fast casual, or whatever the latest corporate cookie cutter term for frozen food is these days. China Grill Management isn't interested in covering such eclectic territory, nor is Houston ... More >>

Grilled Chicken Chipotle Sandwich: Get it While it Lasts

Photo by Ily Goyanes​​We first discovered the grilled chicken chipotle sandwich ($2.79) from Pollo Tropical upon the recommendation of a friend who had to convince us to try it, knowing that we refused to eat Pollo Tropical until the day came when we became trapped inside one of the restaurants ... More >>

Miami's Top Five Missed Connections Reveal Pick-Up Lines, Gold Diggers, and Fetishes

seeminglee / CC BY-SA 2.0​In the spirit of our upcoming "Best of Miami" issue, we assembled a list of the best missed connections from the month of March. A big thanks to Craigslist for schooling us on one of the best pick-up lines we've heard in a long, long while.1. With the toe compliment and a ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Food Trucks, Benihana, The Fair, and Burn Notice

Miami food-truck scene hits the national press. [AP]Study finds that people choose less healthy food for others and probably lie to computers about their own choices. [UPI] Benihana names new executive chef as part of chain wide renewal program. [Chainleader]Fair food! County Fair opens Thursday. [C ... More >>

Pollo Tropical's Free Super Salsa Bowl Tailgate Party

click for lrgr img​How many tomatoes does it take to fill a giant stainless-steel salsa bowl?Find out Super Bowl Sunday when the Miami Gardens Pollo Tropical (19500 NW 27th Ave.) across the street from Sun Life Stadium hosts a free family tailgate party and Guinness World Records event.In add ... More >>

You’re in Miami, Bubba

Tired of Art Basel? Five Suggestions for a Culture-less Weekend Getaway!

​Art Basel has a funny way of making us feel like we're outsiders in our own town. Traffic is horrible. Parking even moreso. The line at your favorite Cuban restaurant (even if that happens to be Pollo Tropical) gets filled with hoity-toity Europeans trying to work in a little "authentic Miami exp ... More >>

South Florida's Diamond Dan of Justice Junkies is a video vigilante

Taped Crusader: For Victims Without Recourse, Justice Junkies Aims to Right Wrong

Just before midnight, the Pollo Tropical is empty, except for a couple of teenagers pointing toward the window and smirking. They've spotted a peculiar-looking 38-year-old who's crouching behind a bush outside in the darkness. He's clad in a Sesame Street T-shirt and a gold chain necklace, and his o ... More >>

Miami International Airport Requests Proposals for 5 New Food and Beverage Locations

via miami-airport.comclick for fullsize​Las Vegas airport has slot machines, Idaho airport more than likely sells poptato sacks, California airports might as well sell weed in their vending machines. Miami International Airport has something they don't. Cuban coffee, La Carreta style.Now, the coun ... More >>

You Know You've Impressed Fellow Animal Lovers At Bar Rosso's Pooches and Piccolini When...

Jackie SayetI fetch like a dog. Can I come, too?Your frisky feline struts her stuff to the soiree on a leash. Kitty extends a peace paw to Jack Russell.You show up dressed as your pet.Your pet shows up dressed as you. Fido gets carded, and flashes his own collar-handy ID, his graduation certifi ... More >>

Zach Brooks, Miami Native Turned NYC Food Blogger in New York Times

image via www.myspace.com/ztbrooks The MidTown Blogger strikes New Orleans Zach Brooks, NYC's famous MidtownLunch blogger, is a Miami native. Before he headed off to the Big Apple and got featured in the New York Times he grew up in the 305 eating what he described to the paper as "incredibly borin ... More >>

Steak Dinner: $6.99

Pollo Tropical serves approximately 20 million customers annually. The weight of chicken that it sells each year equals 225 Boeing 737 jets, the weight of yuca is the same as that of 130 elephants. Which gets me to thinking: Maybe they should hire a cook with a lighter touch. But the reason I am wri ... More >>

Healthful Food Tastes So Good

Meet Dr. Etti. She’s here to clean this place up a bit.

Bengal Modern Indian Cuisine Opens on Biscayne Boulevard

This newcomer is more kitten than tiger.

Wear a Wrap, Get a Wrap

Is "Healthy" Food Healthier than "Fast"? Not Always

Is "Healthy" Food Healthier than "Fast"? Not Always

Restaurant Requiems

Restaurant Requiems

Borderline Mexican

Food at On the Border is off the mark

Two Types of Tapas

Night&Day

BEST BLACK BEAN SOUP

Norman's

Current Stage Shows

Current Stage Shows

Unanswered Questions

Is Sam Shepard bogus? Why stage this play?

Gone To the Dogs

Pollo Party

Miami franchise clucks it up

Zupertango

Wish that the food at this lively spot lived up to its tango

Best Healthy Fast Food

Chicken Kitchen of Brickell

Campbell McGrath

Best Bard

Campbell McGrath

Juiced at the Palace

El Palacio de los Jugos

Calendar for the week

Cheap Thrills

Familiarity Breeds Contentment