Abe A.
Yelp
We recently discovered this spot thanks to our family who lives in South Florida. It is a "wicked" cute spot that is serving some really delicious food. The location is hard to find if you are not looking for it and it's not the the easiest to get to. It is located in a small shopping area on a very busy street. There is a street light, so I would say use that, make it easier on yourself then trying to turn into the shopping center. Once inside you will see the theme....everything and anything spooky, scary, and witchy. But it is not too scary, kids will be find. Its more of a fun scary, with witches and wizards and characters we know painted on the wall.
They are pretty much open till the run out. This is more a breakfast spot. They serve many different empanadas with lots of flavor choices, and mini sandwiches along with coffee and a few pastries. What they are most known for is their cinnamon bread. This comes in a small pie tin and then they top it with an amazing glaze icing which they are actually keeping warm in the a heated caldron.
Since we were getting breakfast for the the family, we decided to order a few things. There were 5 of us which allowed us to get a nice variety. We did order a few different types of empanadas including beef, ham and cheese, spinach and cheese and chorizo. They were all really good. I personally prefer the baked ones more since its not as terribly bad for you, but my wife prefers the original deep fried version. This spot bakes them. I definitely enjoyed them and would get them again.
We also ordered a little sandwich that said "Cuban". It looked like a croissant with ham and cheese. I enjoyed this, I didn't feel it was a Cuban but it was tasty. My wife tried the bacon and egg and cheese croissant, which was just ok. It was mostly croissant and very little filling, and the filling it did have was mostly egg. She did not see or taste the cheese or bacon. I think it was suppose to be all chopped up together, but all that came through was egg. She said she probably would not order that again. The best thing we ordered was their famous cinnamon bread which was amazing. It is by far the best thing on the menu. Hands down would order that every single time. It is warm, and very cinnamon forward and covered with the hot icing.
I will say I was very disappointed with the service, my wife as well. We felt very rushed and more of a bother to them. There were two girls working and since my wife and I had never been there but mother in law had, we wanted to look at the choices. She was also waiting for my father in law and sister in laws order. We took a little longer to figure out what we wanted but if anyone came in, we let others go in front of us. When we were ready, there was no one else in the shop, but they kept rushing us. We wanted to order a few things for breakfast and then a couple to keep for lunch or later in the day. We had a bigger order and yes lots of different ones but we were trying to be very polite about it. They were highly irritated that we had a larger order. We had to repeat ourselves numerous times as well, it just felt very rushed, and maybe if they slowed down we would not have had to repeat over and over. When I tried to order the "Cuban", they kept telling me they only have ham. We pointed to the sandwich in the window, which had handwritten cuban, and again they just kept telling us they don't have it, only ham. My wife stepped in and told them its written on their glass, so whatever this sandwich on the bottom is, we want that one. I didn't quite understand where the attitudes were coming from when it was written on their glass window. I will give them credit, everything we ordered was correct, but nothing was labeled in the box. We had no idea which empanada was what.
Overall this is a cute place. I think if I lived in South Florida, I would find myself stopping for a coffee and pastry or the cinnamon bread very frequently. It is great to have a local place for coffee and pastries as opposed to big box brand companies. The bread was literally the best thing they had on the menu. It was served warm and stayed warm because they add that hot icing to the top of it.
Overall, this is a really unique and cute shop. I could see people sitting inside, enjoying coffee and some food and taking in all the atmosphere. I would add it to your list if you are in South Florida. ACES!
