Tinta Y Cafe - Coral Gables
Cafe · West Flagler
1315 Ponce de Leon, Coral Gables, FL 33134
Highlights
Beloved Cuban cafe: croquetas, pastelitos, Patria Cubano
Beloved Cuban cafe: croquetas, pastelitos, Patria Cubano
"Two decades ago Rafael Santamarina updated the Cuban into the Patria at Tinta y Café, and I appreciate the French-inflected take: a French baguette, Grey Poupon mustard, mortadella (served without pistachios when needed), house-made mojo pork and Bolo ham, finished with a pat of salted butter and two presses on the plancha." - ByCarlos Frías
"Tinta y Cafe is pretty much the most perfect casual breakfast/lunch place that a hungry person in Coral Gables could ask for. This relaxing spot feels more like a very cool library than your average claustrophobic ventanita. The Cuban coffee is great and so is the food, which includes light breakfast plates, salads, and really tasty sandwiches—which is what you want to get here. The self-titled Tinta y Cafe is a safe choice and comes with pork, prosciutto, manchego, roasted peppers, and caramelized onions. Just know that they have a pretty strict no-laptop policy, so don’t come here to work." - virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer
"There are few places in the city that do sandwiches as deliciously as Tinta Y Cafe, a small spot in Coral Gables (there's a Miami Shores location too). You should make it your goal to try every sandwich on the menu here, but especially the Patria, their version of a cuban sandwich. They bend the rules here by adding mortadella and using a baguette rather than cuban bread. But, again, rules are meant to be broken when they taste like this." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino
"If you keep meeting people who can’t put their phones down, go to Tinta Y Cafe for breakfast. They don’t have WiFi or allow laptops inside. Decorated with typewriters and midcentury furniture, the cafe pretends we live in simpler times—when people met in person, looked each other in the eyes, and excitedly talked about their new refrigerator. If the initial greeting isn’t a disaster, have a seat, order a couple of croquetas, and split a tostada. If your date dunks it into their cafe con leche, you’re off to a good start." - virginia otazo, mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer
"Tinta Y Cafe’s flan tastes the closest to the homemade kind you’d find at a potluck. It’s a particularly thick one that clings to your spoon like that old suction cup you can’t remove from your shower wall. The syrupy caramel soaks into each bite and makes the flan’s top look like a freshly shellacked wood floor." - virginia otazo, mariana trabanino
