Frita Cubana

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.