Cuban comfort food

Vegetarian/Vegan/Gluten Free

Despite the fact that Cuban food typically does not have many vegetarian options, if you leave out the pork, a variety of great vegan, vegetarian, and even gluten-free options open up. For example, something we do different from traditional recipes is that we flavor our black beans with a high quality extra-virgin olive oil instead of pork fat. For our Quimbobo recipe (stewed Okra), we leave out the hammocks and add Pimenton and other spices to enhance the flavor.

We always have a vegetarian soup on the menu, as well meat free empanadas and croquettes. We obviously couldn’t make a meatless Cuban sandwich that would anywhere approximate the real thing. So we turned to the next best thing: a Cubanized grilled cheese sandwich, which has copious amounts of both New York State sharp Cheddar and Gruyere cheese.

The Cuban component comes from the fried sweet plantains and a Cuban coffee mustard that we make in house. In addition, we offer several salads that reflect the ingredients and tastes typical of Cuban cuisine, using chickpeas, Spanish black olives, avocadoes, and hearts of palm, and oranges.