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A sit-down dinner spot named for the chef's grandmother, serving an oversized frita: an 8 oz beef-and-chorizo patty, white cheddar, huacatay mayo and sweet plantains on brioche, with homemade shoestring fries.

A small local chain doing Cuban-American fast food, co-founded by fast-food veteran Jorge Llapur. The menu tags the Cuban Frita as its favorite: a seasoned beef patty with onion and very crispy shoestring potatoes on a Cuban roll.

Benito and Angelina Gonzalez made fritas in Cuba, came to Miami in 1973 and opened this counter in 1979; their children run it now. The original is an all-beef patty in the family spice blend, with finely cut onion and house-made julienne potatoes on a Cuban bun.

A Brickell outpost of the Cuban café that started in Flagami in 1999. Its pressed Cubano uses Bolo ham, shredded pork, Swiss and pickles, and the menu flags it as a house favorite.

Daniel Figueredo and Rosa Romero's sandwich counter, where nearly everything in the Cubano is made in-house: the bread, the lard, and pork marinated for a week before it's roasted. Michelin gave it a Bib Gourmand.

The Calle Ocho landmark that has been feeding Cuban Miami since 1971. The house Cuban stacks sweet ham, roast pork and Swiss with mustard and pickles on pressed Cuban bread, and there's a bigger "Special" version if you're hungry.