La Caretta at Miami Intenrational Airport. This Cuban chain restaurant has a location in Miami International Airport. If memory serves me correctly, it's at Terminal D. The first thing that I noticed was that many airport and airline staff eat there. It's often filled with baggage handlers, pilots, flight attendants, and security personnel. Following the tradition that if the locals eat there, it must be good, my boyfriend and I tried it. Their Cuban menu includes tradtional favorites such as Ropa Vieja (literal translation - "old clothes") and Chicken and Yellow Rice, Black Beans, Cuban bread, and the famous Cuban sandwhich. Ropa Viega is actually a dish consisting of beef browned then stewed in a broth with onion and bell peppers. Although the prices are in line with other airport food (can you say "way overpriced"?), the quality is good, rice is homemade, not instant, and there is a good selection of domestic and South American beers.

sent by Cynthia Brown, Brandon FL,
14 July 2002