Any recommendations: Cuban food, Miami.
 

Not a total dive. A sit down experience. Cuban waiters, cooks and an owner that looks like Scarface is a bonus.

Sharky took us somewhere a couple of years ago that was really good - hit him up (and take me with you!!!)

Yeah, me too...
Count me in!

We can arrange this. Seriously. How many people would be into it?

Umm, I'm up for some palomina steak. Or ropa viejo :)

if you're doing it in the internext time-range im down ;)

El Versailles.. on 8st and around 37 avenue.. Good food.. and a loooot of old timers.. all they do is talk about fidel castro..

Two blocks west there is a carreta.. which is open 24/7 .. very good too

South beach.. u have larios on 8th and ocean... it's ok.. but the lincoln road cafe is better..

If anything .. just hit me up on icq and i'll give u my number and help you out.. 1949 1517

LA Carreta on Calle Ocho and I think 38th has been there for years...the Picadillo is to die for as is the grouper fingers.

Great info, thanks.

Only thing is, do you think Miami is annoyingly far? Is it the best place to have Cuban food?

I had thought of doing one of those seafood places with buckets in Ft. Lauderdale?

Can't we do both? C'mon Dad! Let us, let us!! :upsidedow

In Deerfield Beach (a bit north of Miami) try Little Havana on Federal.

COry, if you want buckets of beer for 5 bucks there's the alehouse in ft. lauderdale.
Miami is 45 min from the diplomat you'll hate the 1-30 min drive back and fourth.

If you'll be in miami you gotta tell us what part, Larios in south miami is as old school as you can get, awesome music and daning it'll be like" la bamba."
or you can go to " casa Pansa " on south beach if it's still there, it was a year or 2 ago, it's got musical instruments on the walls and you pull them down and play with the band, cool shit. But the prices are high on food, 2o bucks each which is a lot for a cuban restaurant, and they serve tapas with are spanish not cuban but whatever.

If you're drunk and you prefer real food and not Denny's ... La Caretta is the place to go, bird rd has a decent one, calle ocho has teh best, both open late as shit.