Cafe Laguardia

I got some take out from this place, but I am not sure if this counts only because I only ordered the yuca fries, coconut plan, and my new obsession (cortadito).

He and I were driving east on 90/94 when I could not stop talking about this my interest in a the infamous cortadito. Courtesy of my guilty pleasure for reality TV, this little sucker was introduced on an episode of Kourtney and Kim take Miami. In short, Khloe tried some cuban coffee - became obsessed and highly awake.

I dislike that the area has such little parking, especially because its not at all deep into the city. Its a fairly quaint location, lots of colors, and fun music. Who can ignore latin beats? The staff was friendly, and took to us right away, and gave us the menu as we told them the order was specifically for takeout.

Yuca Fries = nice and crispy, a little too oily for my liking, but the garlic sauce had a perfectly punget hit
Coconut Flan = Yummy!! The custard was very creamy, flakes of coconut were at the bottom of the plan. What a great idea for a delectable velvety dessert.
Cortadito = Just what I needed. Simply, it was a cuban espresso, with milk, and sugar. Sure it sounds plain, but I don't know if I can go back to drinking drip coffee.

I plan on coming back here for dinner; leaving the restaurant, I kept thinking - "wish I was more hungry."

So perhaps there will be a part two to this review?

Food not as good as it use to be but not terrible either.

There are much better Cuban restaurants in Chicago.  This restaurant is run by a Cuban family which I met, but the food just doesn't have the Cuban flavor which I would expect from a restaurant run by Cubans.  Like said, try the other Cuban restaurants that are close by!