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We cover restaurant news, but on Christmas Day, we like to give a nod to all of the home chefs who are in kitchens across the Magic City whipping up Christmas brunch or preparing a Christmas dinner for their loved ones and family.
Unfortunately, if you’re missing adobo, chicken stock, condensed milk, mojo, or an ingredient you can only get at a grocery store or supermarket in Miami, most stores are closed on Christmas Day.
Publix, Milam’s, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Fresh Market, Walmart, Target, Costco, Aldi, and even Winn-Dixie are all closed to respect the annual holiday. Select Price Choice Foodmarkets may be open, but we recommend calling them in advance.
However, there is one supermarket in Miami that seems to be the gift that keeps on giving on Christmas, and it’s Sedano’s.
Yes, the gusto es nuestro! (If the supermarket’s old slogan and television jingle don’t immediately come to mind when you read the name, are you even a true Miamian?)

A sign promoting Sedano’s lechon entero for Nochebuena and Christmas is placed outside of Sedano’s on Eighth Street in Little Havana.
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Below, you will find a list of nine Christmas Day necessities, ranging from guava-flavored panettone (yes, it exists) to classic adobo seasoning, that can be purchased at most Sedano’s Supermarkets in Miami-Dade County on Christmas Day.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Feliz Navidad!

Packages of turron at Sedano’s in Miami
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1. Turron
For your abuela. Enough said.

Guava panettone lines the shelves at Sedano’s in Little Havana.
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2. Panettone
Of the guava variety. Because Miami.

The entrance and check-out at Sedano’s in Little Havana
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3. Roasted Pork Dinner
If available. Good luck. Your mother might give you la chancla if it’s out.

Cans of fruta bomba at Sedano’s
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4. Fruta Bomba
Because your abuela will need to cool off with some green papaya chunks and cottage cheese this week after two consecutive days of lechon and arroz moro.

Sweetened condensed milk at Sedano’s
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5. Sweetened Condensed Milk
For your last-minute flan.

Sazon seasoning for sale at Sedano’s
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6. Sazon
“If it’s Goya, it has to be good.”

Adobe needed.
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7. Adobo
See above.

Latin pastries at Sedano’s in Miami
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8. Guava Pastelitos
They’re not fresh, but they’ll do the trick. And it’s en venta! (Is it on sale, or are they just saying that?)

Cafe Bustelo for sale at Sedano’s
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9. Cafe Bustelo Coffee
You do not want to see your aunt without her 3 p.m. Cuban cafecito. We’re warning you in advance.