Nochebuena, which translates to "the good night" in Spanish, is a Christmas Eve celebration across numerous Spanish and Latin cultures that takes place on December 24 each year in observance of Christmas — and it's the main celebration of the holiday season (often more lively than Christmas Day itself).
Nochebuena dinner parties around the world include plenty of family and friends, a feast for dinner, a religious observance of some kind (some cultures attend a midnight mass on December 25), and plenty of music. Down in Miami, this is no different.
For those hosting Nochebuena this year in Miami, New Times has a list of six excellent catering options to host your guests this Christmas Eve, from Homestead and Kendall all the way to Westchester and Little Havana. Buen provecho!
CasaCuba
5859 SW 73rd St., South Miami305-709-1214
casacubarestaurant.comSouth Miami's Cuban favorite has a very budget-friendly holiday meal serving 12 people for $110.00. Feast on a roasted pork meal served with moros and boiled yuca with mojo. Add on desserts of flan for $20 or tres leches for $18.
Chefs on the Run's Puerto Rican Nochebuena catering menu even includes coquito.
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Chefs on the Run
10 E. Mowry Dr., Homestead305-245-0085
chefsontheruninhomestead.comFor those craving Caribbean flair for the holidays, Chef Jodrick Ujaque is serving up three menus to delight up to 12 of your family members and friends. The "Navidad Boricua" costs $235 and features cherrywood-smoked pork shoulder with gravy, arroz con gandules (rice and pigeon peas), potato salad, guineos en escabeche (Puerto Rican green bananas), and tembleque (coconut pudding). The "Southern Christmas" is priced at $325, and the menu showcases a smoked barbecue brisket, gravy, rosemary and garlic mashed potatoes, citrus coleslaw, and a pumpkin-spiced flan. Lastly, the "La Casa de Abuela" costs $225 and offers arroz con pollo (chicken and yellow rice), habichuelas guisadas (Puerto Rican beans), maduros, bow tie pasta salad, and a guava flan. Also available are Puerto Rican pasteles priced at $45 for a dozen, mini mofongos priced at $35 for two dozen, and alcapurrias priced at $40 for two dozen. Don't forget to compliment the meal with coquito, which is offered at $25 for a bottle of the traditional, $30 for guava or pumpkin spice, and $32 for strawberry shortcake.
Finka Table & Tap has a delicious Nochebuena catering menu complete with flan.
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Finka Table & Tap
14690 SW 26th St., Miami305-227-8818
finkarestaurant.comChef Eileen Andrade is offering four holiday packages at Finka to feed your families and friends on Nochebuena. For the couples who want to spend the holiday at home, the chicken package for two is priced at $65 and brings a whole roasted chicken with housemade gravy, butternut squash soup, arrozo moro, maduros, and sweet potato muffins. The bigger meals are the masitas de puerco (fried pork chunks) for ten people priced at $190 and includes moros, yuca, maduros, a Cuban style flan, and an almond bread pudding; the pork shoulder meal feeds six to eight and is priced at $180 with moros, yucca, maduros, and Cuban style flan; and the pork leg package, priced at $395, is for large gatherings as it will feed 20 to 25 of your guests and showcases a 24-pound pork leg with mojo and gravy, arroz moro, yucca, maduros, a Cuban style flan, and almond bread pudding.
La Carreta
Multiple Locationslacarreta.comFor $110, La Carreta's Nochebuena catering special comes with lechon, arroz moro, boiled yuca with mojo sauce. It serves 12 people. To place an order, call your local La Carreta. Its sister restaurant, Versailles, also has the same catering special.
Malanga Café
12257 S. Dixie Hwy., Miami305-259-1550
malagacafe. comPinecrest's long-standing Cuban restaurant Malanga is offering a holiday feast featuring a whole roasted pig with moros and yuca, a suckling pig stuffed with arroz moro, or a roasted turkey at market price. Other specials available are pork chunks for eight to ten people for $85 or the larger tray serving 18-20 people for $170, vaca frita (shredded and fried beef) for eight to ten people for $90 or the larger tray serving 18-20 people for $180, and a ten-pound honey-glazed ham for $80. Compliment these with side orders of white rice and beans, arroz moro, yucca, maduros, and tostones ranging from $25 to $48, which serve eight to ten and 18-20 of your guests.
Rinconcito Latino
Multiple locationselrinconcitolatino.comAll Rinconcito Latino locations are offering Nochebuena catering with a choice of three sides — moros, yucca, maduros, white rice, black beans, and salad. The catering options available are a paleta (pork shoulder) for ten to 12 people priced at $89.99, pierna (pork leg) for 18-20 guests priced at $139.99, turkey for ten to 12 people for $109.99 or for 18-20 guests at $139.99, and Christmas ham for ten to 12 people at $89.99 or 18-20 guests at $139.99. Other specials include medium and large trays of arroz con pollo, arroz imperial, arroz campesino (farmer's rice), and fried rice priced at $59.99 or $99.99, respectively. The dessert options available for 20 people are bread puddings and flan priced at $40 or a coconut flan for $45.
