tinta y cafe, a brickell cafe for cafe

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it's not easy to find a cafe in this town. Sure there are plenty of restaurants with sidewalk seating, good places to grad a sandwich, ventanitas serving good coffee and Starbucks, like, absolutely everywhere, but for some reason, it's hard to find a coffee shop, a cafe for some cafe.

Tinta y Cafe is the place that we've been missing. In the virtual wasteland of inauthenticity (really, how many Irish pubs can fit in a place where potatoes are papas not praties) of Brickell, there's a single place that positively reeks of authenticity and is perfectly brilliant in its simplicity.

Tinta y Cafe is a small spot in a strip mall, it has the classic ventanita but inside it's a wonderfully quaint cafe for coffee, classic Cuban sandwiches or a more froufrou take on favorites like manchego, prosciutto and arugula sandwiches. There are two tables, and only one with chairs (the other has stools), a counter with seating and two sofascapes. There are piles of art magazines and a framed cover of the newspaper of the day it snowed in Miami, what more can one possibly want? Beer. Yeah, they have that too.

The media noche is delicious and classic, nothing too crazy, just an old favorite done right and made with exceptional quality of ingredients, but rumor on the street says the big Rafa burger special on Saturdays is worth checking out.

268 calle ocho

CulturePatricia AzzeMarch 9, 2012brickell, calle ocho, coffee, comida coma, restaurants