Nicaraguan in Miami

Chayito's Mini-Market & Fritanga

6153 SW 8th St. Little Havana

305-364-5032

Nicaraguan, Best Of

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Fritanga Cocina de Doña Angela

8387 SW 40th St. Westchester/West Miami

305-559-5574

Nicaraguan, Central American

Gallo pinto can mean either spotted rooster or a perfectly mixed rice-and-bean concoction. If you want the former, you are out of luck. But nowhere prepares the Central American delicacy more deliciously than Fritanga Cocina de Doña Angela. This Nicaraguan restaurant will fill you up on side dishes, from gallo pinto to maduros to queso frito and curtido (a cabbage salad similar to cole slaw). But don't gorge yourself too early. Carne asada or carne desmenuzada also come with a generous heap of gallo pinto that will sate tu apetito. Chow down here for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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Fritanga Monimbo

10471 NW 41st St. Doral

305-406-2400

Nicaraguan, Best Of

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Fritanga Monimbo

4441 NW 36th St. Doral

305-888-7156

Nicaraguan, Best Of, Menu

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Fritanga Monimbo

9622 Fontainebleau Blvd. Doral

305-220-3791

Nicaraguan, Recommended, Best Of, Menu

Good baho is hard to get, if you can find it at all. One reason is that it takes about eight hours to cook the complicated dish. What the heck is it? Essentially, it's beef brisket, mysteriously soaked in a marinade of tomatoes, onions, and oranges; wrapped in banana leaves; tossed into a big pot with yuca and plantains; and steamed until very tender. People line up for other savory offerings at this cafeteria-style hole in the wall crammed with four vinyl-topped booths. To wit: nacatamales (Nicaraguan tamales with rice, potatoes, and pork tucked inside the cornmeal outer layer), shredded beef, chicken with vegetables. For side dishes, try the cuajada (a tasty kind of cottage cheese) alongside some sweet plantains, and red beans topped with sour cream. An array of natural tropical fruit juices completes the picture.

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Fritanga Monimbo

13710 SW 56th St. Westchester/West Miami

305-382-5292

Central American, Nicaraguan, Best Of

Good baho is hard to get, if you can find it at all. One reason is that it takes about eight hours to cook the complicated dish. What the heck is it? Essentially beef brisket, mysteriously soaked in a marinade of tomatoes, onions, and oranges, and then wrapped in banana leaves, tossed into a big pot with yuca and plantains, and steamed until very tender. This Nicaraguan restaurant offers it only on Saturdays ($4.75 per serving), and odds are it will be gone well before sundown. So call ahead and reserve yours if you don't want to miss out. But rest assured people line up for other savory offerings at this cafeteria-style hole-in-the-wall crammed with four vinyl-topped booths. To wit: nacatamales (Nicaraguan tamales with rice, potatoes, and pork tucked inside the cornmeal outer layer), shredded beef, chicken with vegetables (all for $3.90). For side dishes try the cuajada (a tasty kind of cottage cheese) alongside some sweet plantains, and red beans topped with sour cream. An array of natural tropical fruit juices completes the picture.

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Fritanga Monimbo

7173 SW 117th Ave. West Kendall

305-598-9040

Nicaraguan, Best Of, Menu

You might be surprised to discover that fritangas - Nicaraguan buffet-style restaurants - rival Cuban cafeterias in quantity around here. So it's hard to make your mark when opening a new one. Luckily for Fritanga Cutler Bay, there isn't another one for miles. That's not to say the offerings here fall flat. Far from it. The number one staple of all fritangas, the carne asada (char-broiled beef, $7), is served lean and tender unlike the fatty meat offered at some of its brethren. Other staples, such as the shredded beef ($7) - don't dare call it ropa vieja; that's an affront to all Nicaraguans - and pollo en caldillo con vegetales (chicken stew with vegetables, $7), are also tender. The specials come with choice of rice and plantains or plantain chips and coleslaw. This fritanga also has a couple of specialty dishes that further distinguish it, including beef fajitas ($7) and daily specials. You should never leave this, or any fritanga, without ordering the fried cheese ($1). It's salty, gooey, and altogether a heart attack waiting to happen. But it's damn good.

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Fritanga Montelimar

15722 SW 72nd St. South Dade

305-388-8841

Nicaraguan, Best Of, Menu

Some say it's the best fritanga (Nicaraguan cafeteria) in Miami, others are just stoked that Nicaraguan joints keep reproducing. Either way, visitors to Fritanga Montelimar will come away with the taste of Nicaragua on their tongue. Plates of traditional cuisine come cheap. Stuff yourself with carne asada, maduros, gallo pinto (rice and beans) and ropa vieja for $10. Once featured on Bizarre Foods, even Andrew Zimmern raved about their Indio Viejo (corn and pork stew). So unwrap those plastic utensils and get to grubbing.

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Guayacan

1933 SW Eighth St. Little Havana

305-649-2015

Nicaraguan, Recommended, Best Of, Menu

A cozy spot in Little Havana offers all the increasingly familiar Nicaraguan dishes, from nacatamales to vigorn and churrasco to tres leches and po quinto — and it does a bang-up pescado a la Tipitapa, a red snapper deep-fried whole and drenched in a sauce of onions and peppers, as well as a delectable beef tongue in tomato sauce. But what sets Guayacan apart from the crowd of Nica spots is the array of hearty, homemade sopas — different ones for every day of the week.

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La Hormiga De Oro

18530 NW 67th Ave., Hialeah Miami Gardens

305-819-3018

Central American, Latin, Nicaraguan, Best Of, Menu

Just off Miami Gardens Drive, inside a generic shopping center anchored by a Publix, you will find a golden opportunity to savor deliciously prepared Nicaraguan cuisine. A typical fritanga, La Hormiga de Oro offers cantina-style Nica dishes at moderate prices for dining in or taking out. Six dollars and 50 cents brings charbroiled steak and a choice of three sides that include gallo pinto (rice and beans), grilled corn on the cob, fried sweet plantains, tostones, fried yuca, fried cheese, and tortillas. Wash it down with a $3 glass of Nica fruit juice such as maracuya, cacao, or cebada. Folks looking for a twist on traditional breakfast fare can choose dishes such as huevos rancheros with white cheese, gallo pinto, and tortilla; or scrambled eggs with Spanish sausage, fried cheese, gallo pinto, and fried green plantains. Cost: $4.50 each. Family dinners are also available for $24 and $45.

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La Hormiga De Oro

12106 SW 117th Ct. West Kendall

305-253-9774

Caribbean, Central American, Nicaraguan

La Leonesa

1 SW 12th Ave. Little Havana

305-547-2622

Nicaraguan

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Las Mercedes Restaurant

8199 NW 54th St. Doral

305-591-9311

Cuban, Nicaraguan, Barbecue, Recommended, Best Of

At Doral's Las Mercedes Restaurant, the succulent, fat-rippled slabs served Thursday through Saturday speak for themselves. At most, there's a dusting of salt and pepper, perhaps accompanied by a splash of mojo. Racks of beef and pork are pulled from a smoking vessel, then cleaved and served with two sides such as moros, maduros, or boiled plantains with garlic oil. The place is run by Denise Paredes, who handles the register with ease while making chitchat and directing mammoth platters of ribs across the tight orange space. She and her husband bought it about ten years ago, when the weekend barbecue was already a longstanding tradition. They've also added some of their own flair to the mostly working-class menu, including a piquant, savory goat stew called chilindrón de chivo that will keep you sated the rest of the week.Read our full review.

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Pinolandia

119 NW 12th Ave. Downtown/Overtown

305-325-8663

Nicaraguan, Recommended, Best Of

This fritanga is not gonna win any interior design awards. It looks like your abuelita's kitchen. But you're not coming here for a fancy sit-down dinner. This is 24-hour Nicaraguan take-out at its most epic. You get it and go. The first indication Pinolandia is way better than the rest: a never-ending, always-growing line of 30-plus Nicaraguan locals and wandering foodies that winds and twists out the door, spilling into the tiny, street-facing parking lot. The second indication: your Styrofoam container packed with three pounds of carne asada, sweet plantains, deep-fried cheese, salad, and gallo pinto. The third indication: a huge selection of second options, including carne desmenusada, stewed beef tongue, whole fried fish, gooey grilled ribs, and rolled tacos stuffed with shredded meat. And remember to hit the little bodega at the back. It has everything from powdered bleach to Nicaragua's national soda, Milca, to bootleg DVDs of boxing legend Alexis Arguello's greatest fights. The essential buys, though, are a 32-ouncer of milky cacao and a hot, fresh batch of deliciously fat Nicaraguan tortillas. So go, loco.

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Rakachaka Grill y Más

1280 SW First St. Little Havana

305-646-7900

Nicaraguan, Best Of

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Yambo Restaurant

1643 SW First St. Little Havana

305-649-0203

Nicaraguan, Central American, Latin American, Recommended, Best Of, Slideshow

This colorful Nicaraguan joint is one of those places you visit to feel like you’re on vacation even if you’re already on vacation. Yambo is as much about the atmosphere as it is about food. On the terrace, folk-art knickknacks — miniature guitars, hats, porcelain pots, even a mounted boar’s head — hang from and cover every possible surface. A larger-than-life statue of a knight guards the tiled dining room. And you’ll hear only Latin music coming out of the jukebox. Little English is spoken here, but monolingual Anglos needn’t worry: Simply walk along the cafeteria-style counter and point to what you want. Vegetarians and meat eaters alike will find plenty to gorge on — crackly fried tacos de pollo, and pescazones (fried, knishlike potato balls brimming with chayote and cheese). Your order is piled high on a Styrofoam plate alongside a generous portion of shredded cabbage and the requisite sides of rice, red beans, plantains, or yuca. Best of all, Yambo is open 24 hours — a perfect “go to” afterparty addition to your Uber favorites.

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