5/5 Ello B. 1 year ago on Google
Geographically,
I
did
the
reverse
of
what
many
people
aim
to
do
in
life
-
I
was
born
and
grew
up
in
the
Miami
area,
and
settled
in
Chicago
after
meeting
my
wife
in
college
(a
native
of
Garfield
Ridge).
My
grandmother
was
originally
from
Camguey
in
central
Cuba,
and
I
spent
many
childhood
days
at
her
little
apartment
in
Hialeah
living
on
Moros
y
Cristianos,
Cuban
bread,
arroz
con
pollo,
etc.
I
was
therefore
pleasantly
surprised
to
find
that
there
was
a
Cuban
restaurant
in
Berwyn,
not
far
from
my
house
and
decided
earlier
this
week
to
give
it
a
shot.
I
ordered
a
sampling
of
what
I
would
have
had
back
in
the
day:
croquettes,
papa
rellena,
chicken
soup,
an
empanada,
and
a
dulce
de
leche
pasetlito
for
my
daughter.
The
staff
was
very
nice
and
attentive.
I
loved
the
decor
of
the
place,
a
vibrant
Cuban
aesthetic
with
images
of
Celia
Cruz
(who
actually
lived
down
the
street
from
my
grandmother
years
ago
in
Cuba,
before
she
became
famous).
Now
onto
the
food
itself
--
Take
it
from
someone
who
was
raised
eating
Cuban
food
as
a
kid
in
South
Florida,
my
little
sampling
was
great,
and
pretty
darned
authentic.
The
picadillo
at
the
center
of
the
papa
rellena
was
right
on
target,
as
were
the
croquettes
and
the
beef
empanada,
which
my
wife
loved
in
particular.
The
excellent
chicken
rice
soup
was
reminiscent
of
the
"soupy"
version
of
arroz
con
pollo
and
loaded
with
flavor.
If
you
want
something
in
the
Berwyn/Stickney/
Garfield
Ridge
area
that's
a
bit
of
a
departure
from
the
ubiquity
of
Mexican
cuisine
but
has
all
the
pop
that's
expected
of
Latin
American
flavoring,
this
is
your
ticket.
My
next
trip
will
be
for
their
namesake
(a
medianoche
sandwich!)
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