Junette S.
Yelp
I have two other reviews to write, I'll get to it once I'm done with this specific review. Today was another after work special where I work all these hours nonstop and end up starving at the end. As I was driving up Biscayne for two seconds I decided to make a left turn on 36th St up to North Miami Ave because I had a craving for Cecibon fried chicken. If you know Cecibon from way back in the day, the 90s and early 2000s, you know their fried chicken was like crack. I didn't know what they were doing to their chicken back then but I wanted it all the time, especially when my mom was shopping at Zubi market, it was right there a block or two away. Anyway, when they shut down in the early 2000s, 06 or 07, I don't remember exactly when but I hurt they were gone.
When they came back years later in 2016 I think in Miami Gardens on 2nd Ave, me and my former co-worker decided to give them a try. I was going in with high hopes only to be disappointed. The flavor of the chicken was nowhere near what it was way back in the day. I hated it, at that moment I was wondering if they were the same people. Safe to say, I never went back.
I don't know if they shut down again to reopen, that's besides the point. I went today just to try them out again after so many years. Back in April, my friend, her boyfriend and I were having a discussion about good Haitian food. In the mits of the conversation he mentioned Cecibon. Months later, there I ordered the infamous fried chicken and banan peze and a side of Mac and cheese. One thing about this place, I can tell you that their lunch specials are cheap and I'm here for it, dammit! The flavor of the chicken is not the same as it was before, it was decent, good enough to eat, it's just not as spectacular as it was before. I haven't tried the Mac and cheese yet, by the looks of it, I can already tell it will be decent. The inside of the restaurant is not the best looking but it was clean from what I could see. There was loud music playing outside and that's because they were having a toy drive. Anyhoooooo, I'm talking too much, will I be back yes, to try the other food to see what they are about outside of the fried chicken. Later!
P.S this is the next day, the Mac and cheese was ok, nothing to rave about, I've had better.