Cafe Con Leche

"This colorful Cuban restaurant serves tasty cubano sandwiches that stay crunchy on the outside and melty on the inside, even if you order takeout. You’ll also find things like standout empanadas, tostones, and rice and bean plates, but we find the sandwiches and fries here to be most satisfying—especially with the cilantro sauce that comes on the side." - Aimee Rizzo

"We see a lot of crispy, corn-based shells in this town, but not so many wheat ones. Enter Cafe Con Leche, a Cuban lunch paradise in Sodo that makes great, drippy cubanos and flour-based, deep-fried empanadas. These emerge from the fryer with enough blisters and bubbles to trigger trypophobia. Each crackly chomp gives way to ground beef picadillo so well-seasoned that it doesn’t even need a chimichurri dunk. Instead, tack on a side of cilantro mayo." - aimee rizzo, gabe guarente, carlo mantuano

"For a reliably great cubano and fries, go to Cafe Con Leche. Service is always pretty speedy whether you sit down or order to-go, and don’t get us started on the green sauce that comes with the fries. Come with friends for sandwiches and drinks before the action." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley

"This colorful Cuban restaurant serves tasty cubano sandwiches that stay crunchy on the outside and melty on the inside, even if you order takeout. You’ll also find things like tostones and rice and bean plates, but we find the sandwiches and fries here to be most satisfying—especially with the cilantro sauce that comes on the side." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley

"Sharing space with Club Sur, owner Pedrito Vargas’ casual, colorful SoDo restaurant serves killer pan con lechon, media noche sandwiches, puerco asado (roast pork with black beans and plantains), and ajiaco criollo (a Cuban country-style stew with pork, yuca, and corn on the cob), plus plenty of fun specials." - Meg van Huygen