Mama's Latin Cafe

Small hole in the wall. Dry chicken and beef empanadas. This place couldn't survive in a real latin area. But I just went craving Tostada and cafe con leche and no where near my usual Cuban Cafe's. Even the tostada and cafe con leche left me unsatisfied. If a Cuban Cafe can't do those two foundational items properly I don't need to try anything else. I honestly cannot comprehend the high reviews of other reviewers unless I went on a bad day for toast and coffee.

This is a real hidden, hole in the wall sort of find. The clientele seemed to mostly be locals and many were Cuban (a good sign!).

Now, I can't say that I'm any sort of expert on Cuban food. But from my limited judgement, BEST CUBANO SANDWICH EVER. It was warm, savory and a tiny bit gooey from the cheese. So delicious. The plantains were also amazing; the perfect sweet compliment next to the cubano.

The servers were very nice and extremely attentive. They even brought us to go bags when they noticed we were wrapping up the second half of our sandwiches (they're big!).  

The prices were super cheap. A relief. 5$ will score you a sandwich the size of your arm and an extra $2 will get you a plate of plantains.

I had a cafe con leche...looked at the menu...mostly cafe snacks but no pupusas:(
Small place but REALLY GOOD COFFEE!!!