{"id":1190,"date":"2016-02-05T21:27:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T21:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2016-02-05T21:27:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T21:27:34","slug":"flavours-of-toronto-torontos-latin-american-and-cuban-restaurants-serve-up-dancing-amazing-spices-and-fresh-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/flavours-of-toronto-torontos-latin-american-and-cuban-restaurants-serve-up-dancing-amazing-spices-and-fresh-cocktails","title":{"rendered":"Flavours of Toronto: Toronto&#8217;s Latin American and Cuban restaurants serve up dancing, amazing spices and fresh cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rice and beans isn&#8217;t a dish we tend to crave when we think of food, but in Latin America, it&#8217;s a dish that&#8217;s been perfected over centuries into a work of art. Or, if ceviche, empanadas, pulled pork sandwiches, and crispy chorizo tacos are more your thing, Toronto&#8217;s got that, too. Here are seven Cuban and Latin American restaurants in Toronto that are doing food right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juliescuban.com\/\">Julie&#8217;s Cuban Cafe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a weird, multiculoured interior, super friendly staff and good food, Julie&#8217;s is a hidden gem of Cuban food in Little Portugal, with excellent ceviche, aromatic rice and beans, tender fried steaks, and great cocktails from mojitos to margaritas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Completotakeout\/\">Completo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taco lovers of Leslieville line up at Completo for takeout lunch, though they&#8217;re better known as a sandwich joint. Either way, the food is unreal. Steak, eggs, chorizo, empanadas&#8230; it&#8217;s all good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacubana.ca\/\">La Cubana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Renowned as a brunch spot that serves up something different than just eggs benny, La Cubana will stuff you full of rice and beans, steak, sandwiches and conch fritters. It&#8217;s small, overcrowded and hectic, but fun if you&#8217;re into that. La Cubana has two locations, one on Roncesvalles and another on Ossington.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bloomrestaurant.com\/\">Bloom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More Latin American than just Cuban, Bloom in Bloor West Village is a family-run restaurant that puts on live music and dance shows in the evenings. They have a varied menu that&#8217;s a bit on the pricey side, but the flavours make it worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mambolounge.ca\/\">Mambo Lounge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mambo is only open for dinner and they do dinner well. With a colourful back patio and the occasional live music, Mambo on the Danforth is a good late night spot for Cuban eats. They do a prix-fixe menu, plus tapas, sandwiches and cocktails.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HavanaStyleCafeGallery\">Havana Style<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Out in Etobicoke, Havana Style is a massively popular Cuban restaurant, with a killer paella and great Cuban sandwiches. They have live music and dancing in the evenings, plus awesome mojitos and other cocktails.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avemarialatincafe.ca\/\">Ave Maria Latin Cafe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hidden away in Koreatown, Ave Maria Latin Cafe is hidden to say the least. Part cafe, part restaurant, part grocery store, it&#8217;s a busy, unpretentious spot with Colombian-style food that blows the minds of almost anyone who stops in. The empanadas, tamales and ceviche are a favourite, but the coffee might be the best thing on the menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rice and beans isn&#8217;t a dish we tend to crave when we think of food, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":1192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[220],"class_list":["post-1190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toronto"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flavours of Toronto: Toronto&#039;s Latin American and Cuban restaurants serve up dancing, amazing spices and fresh cocktails<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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