Miami: La Esquina De La Fama (July 2016)


La Esquina de la Fama – Try Their Mojito!

My spouse and I stopped at La Esquina de la Fama on a Saturday morning in early July 2016. The restaurant is open daily from 7:00 am to 12:00 midnight. La Esquina is located in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, at the corner of SW 8th Street and SW 14th Avenue. Located on one of the most famous corners of Calle Ocho (which means “Eighth Street” in Spanish), the side of the building contains the first mural painted in tribute to the Latino community. The restaurant has a parking lot, or you can park on the street.

La Esquina de la Fama has two parts: an indoor enclosed sit-down restaurant and a more casual window, where you can either stand and dine or take-away food. In some photographs that we saw online, the restaurant sometimes places 2-person bistro tables on the sidewalk for additional casual dining, although they were not present on the day that we visited. We peeked inside the dining room, and it appeared that the restaurant offers a buffet with Latino music playing in the background. Slogans like “El arte de la libertad” (which means “The Art of Freedom”) and “Yo amo a Cuba” ( “I Love Cuba”) are featured on the folk art and paintings that adorn the restaurant space.

As we stood at the counter at La Esquina de la Fama, we enjoyed some Cuban snacks, including empanadas (fried dough filled with meat), croquettas (breadcrumb-fried cylinders filled with ham or beef and cheese), and papas rellenas (breadcrumb-fried balls of mashed potatoes and meat). We also shared one of their famous mojitos, which the restaurant claims is “the best mojito in the world”. Priced at $12, it is twice as large as a normal drink, contains two delicious secret house ingredients, and looks quite impressive with the amount of basil that they use as a garnish.

Our breakfast at La Esquina de la Fama was a fun way to begin the day!













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