Friday, August 1, 2008
Food & Drink / Food Chain Spotted: 90 Miles Cuban Cafe
Posted by Mike Sula on Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 11:28 AM
"Taste the Forbidden" reads the sign on the freshly painted olive green building at 3101 N. Clybourn, where 90 Miles Cuban Cafe will "hopefully" open by the end of the month, according to owner Christine Gonzalez, a restaurant rookie along with her husband, Alberto. Gonzalez says they'll be pressing the usual Cuban sandwiches--ropa vieja, lechon, medianoche--plus chicken, tofu, and veggie versions. There will also be dinner plates of the same with plantains and rice and beans. Add to that pastries, shakes, and of course Cuban coffee. And breakfast.
90 Miles joins an increasingly crowded field of relatively new Cuban joints. The name refers to the distance between the island and Florida.
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I'm Purto Rican and I live in the are. I love Cuban food can whait to have cafe con leche. see you soon.
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Finally something new, different and healthy in the neighborhood. Can't wait to get inline for a taste of the fordidden
We were wondering what was going to replace LULU’S, Cuban wow! You guys did a great job with the colors and from what I hear from other neighbors that had the opportunity to pick in the interior looks like 1950’s Cuba .
I had the opportunity to meet this two, first class. I can only imagine how there food is going to taste.
Wow! Word spreads fast. A friend told me about this place.I passed by and the place looks so cool. Now I won't have to travel to Miami to enjoy what I learned to love " Cubanos".
I have seen this place in person and I can't wait for it to open up. I like the 90 miles name its very unique and I am sure the food is going to be as well.
Wow, I cant wait till you open in chicago I am originally from Miami, and I look foward to eating your cuban sandwiches!
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