Silver Lake, Los Angeles · restaurant
The guava-cheese pastelito is the reason to come. Buttery, flaky, and filled with enough sweetness to make a croissant feel like it's trying too hard. Pair one with a café con soy (fair-trade single-origin espresso, steamed soy) and a pressed cubano, and what started as a quick coffee stop turns into ninety minutes on the dog-friendly patio.
Puff pastry filled with guava paste and queso blanco, brushed with egg wash.
Double shot of Cuban-style espresso with steamed milk, their signature pour
Pressed Cubano with slow-roasted pork, swiss, pickles, and mustard on pan cubano
Double shot fair-trade espresso with steamed soy milk
Buttery, flaky Cuban pastry filled with guava jam and cream cheese
Rolled pastry filled with almond paste, a longtime signature at this Silver Lake cafe