Dishes wood-grilled instead of blackened on request. Extensive salads and appetizers. Desserts include southern key lime pie. Informal beach atmosphere, reservations not required. Our dining writer calls it a casual, cheerful cafe serving substantial portions of very good Cuban food, with fast service and low prices.
Most popular item is garlic-marinated roast chicken.
Also rich black bean soup, rice, roast pork. Good strong coffee. Open daily from very early to very late. Formica, vinyl, bad menu jokes, good prices. Pancakes include Swedish crepes, baked Dutch Babies and gigantic apple cinnamon pancakes.