18 Iconic Hispanic Restaurants In Miami - Miami - The Infatuation

"Starting in the 1980s, the eastern part of Little Havana became an enclave within an enclave for Central American immigrants. The Honduran population in the United States grew exponentially in the 1990s and Florida is now home to the largest community of those immigrants. Paseo Catracho is an essential Honduran restaurant located in the very same area many Honduran immigrants first settled in Miami. You can’t leave here without ordering a round of pupusas and baleadas, which are both served with a side of curtido. As for the restaurant’s name, it’s a nod to the word catracho, which is the nickname given to Hondurans. The word dates back to the 1850s when General Florencio Xatruch led hundreds of Honduran soldiers, known as xatruches or xatruchos, in a war against those who wanted to reestablish slavery in Nicaragua. Xatruch was successful and regarded as a hero across the region. The word xatrucho eventually became catracho." - mandy baca