The Bend Liquor Lounge

A decade into its existence, the Bend Liquor Lounge remains one of Miami’s top dive bars. Dreamt up by architect Landy Lamas and builder Mo Lacayo (see Chela’s Cocteler

Chic’s

Got a late-night craving for masa de puerco and congri? A sweet tooth for some flan? Chico’s has you covered. For the past 30 years, this Hialeah eatery has been adding Cuban-American spice to the diner concept. You can get breakfast, lunch, and dinner 24 hours a day, and the seven-page menu usually features at […]

China Steak House

Although you won’t find lou mei – a dish made from animals’ internal organs and entrails – at China Steak House, the eatery could hold its own in the Guangdong Province of Southern China. But the restaurant is located just a few blocks east of the NW 122nd Street exit off the Palmetto Expressway, tucked […]

Cobb Grand 18

Hialeah’s Grand 18 is a definite go-to for Hialeah’s residents, and for the rest of Miami. Its cheap tickets ($7 for adults) are a win for any cinephile. The theater offers online ticketing in case you’re an early bird who likes to secure your seat. It also features stadium seating.

Cuban Guys

It doesn’t get more Cuban than fritas and flan – and the Cuban Guys chain has mastered both. This fast food-esque concept out of Hialeah also serves up pan con bistec, yucca frita, plantain chips, Cuban bowls (a rice, beans, meat & plantain chips mashup), salads and fresh juices. Not to mention that their flan […]

Dragon Restaurant

Although Dragon’s owners are from Canton, the food is overwhelmingly Chinese-American, which means it isn’t any more genuinely Chinese than Italian-American food is genuinely Italian; both are cuisines of adaptation. But nonauthentic isn’t a synonym for bad. Both of these immigrant-invented genres can be very tasty when prepared well, as Dragon’s dishes are. Especially good […]

El Yoyito Restaurant Y Cafe

Sidle into this whole in the wall in East Hialeah and order what they do best: Cuban sammies. For more than a decade, Yoyito’s has been serving up pan con bistec, medianoches and croquetas to people who aren’t about to settle for anything less than the best. In this neighborhood, you better know your Cuban […]