La Carreta

La Carreta doesn’t serve the most gourmet Cuban food in Miami, but with multiple locations, it’s a convenient place to get the classics. The Little Havana location is a stand-alone building guarded by a colorful rooster statue. The menu is an extensive list of Cuban dishes such as ropa vieja ($8.95), picadillo ($6.50), and palomilla […]

La Carreta

La Carreta doesn’t serve the most gourmet Cuban food in Miami, but with multiple locations, it’s a convenient place to get the classics. The Little Havana location is a stand-alone building guarded by a colorful rooster statue. The menu is an extensive list of Cuban dishes such as ropa vieja ($8.95), picadillo ($6.50), and palomilla […]

La Cocina Cocteler

Beyond the Catskills-meets-Hialeah vibe of Kush Hialeah (formerly Stephen’s Deli), owner Matt Kuscher has opened La Cocina, a 40-seat bar accessed through a corridor past the restrooms. The space is decorated in what can best be described as “Hialeah squared.” Lotto tickets and La Caja China labels serve as wallpaper and never have so many […]

La Cote

If you’re breezing through the Fontainebleau – be it for poolside drinks or a swanky shindig, La Cote is worth a visit. And above all else, it’s their glorious outdoor patio that really shines. With balmy breezes, beautiful people and fruity cocktails – it’s a first hand view of how the other half lives. We’re […]

La Covacha

For years this party hall has been moonlighting on weekends as one of Miami’s wildest places for a Latin music descarga. The main room features Latin-flavored techno music, and its outdoor patio packs a throng of sweaty and well-dressed partiers. Or escape to the air-conditioned, glass-enclosed VIP room.

La Crema de las Empanadas

The huge cornmeal-crusted empanadas at this little luncheonette/minimarket come with a variety of fillings, most unique to Venezuela (like the national specialty pabellon, shredded beef similar in texture to ropa vieja but with a more sweet/sour taste). Skip the fishy cazon (shark) model for the signature crema, filled with chicken, bacon, and farmer cheese. But […]

La Esquina del Lechon

In a land with its fair share of Cuban restaurants to choose from, La Esquina Del Lechon strives to set itself apart from the pack. Not by straying from traditional Cuban cooking methods, but by doing what they do with excellence. With an array of pork, chicken, steak, and fish, this place is a carnivore’s […]

La Estancia Argentina

Argentine steaks are revered not because of how they’re cooked, but because the meat is incredible. The cattle roam the fertile pastures of the pampas and are never forced to exert themselves (because exercise makes the meat tougher). They are carted around the country in train cars. This special treatment produces beef that melts when […]

La Estancia Argentina

Argentine steaks are revered not because of how they’re cooked, but because the meat is incredible. The cattle roam the fertile pastures of the pampas and are never forced to exert themselves (because exercise makes the meat tougher). They are carted around the country in train cars. This special treatment produces beef that melts when […]

La Fama Cafeteria

The best Cuban restaurant in Miami lives in Wynwood. That’s where La Fama Cafeteria puts out its consistently delicious, always affordable menu of classic meals and daily specials. La Fama consists of a lunch counter, a take-out window, and a small room with a couple of tables. But don’t let the spartan environment fool you […]

La Fresa Francesa

Beyond its croquetas and fritas, Hialeah isn’t much lauded for culinary excellence. For that reason alone, you might not expect to see La Fresa Francesa here. You could almost hear the collective gasp when La Fresa Francesa opened near a canal that slices diagonally along the city’s southern edge. But Sandy Sanchez and Benoit Rabiat, […]