I tried this two year old (seems longer) mish mosh (Latin American, American, Italian, etc) near 17-92 on 46/S. Park Ave today at lunch. I pass it on my way to and from 95. I disliked everything about it except the food. Reservedly. I grabbed two Pupusas for $3.50 a piece. One was what they translate as ground pork. In Spanish it is listed as Chicharron. Further confusing what that word actually translates to. The other was queso and loroco (a vine with edible flowers). They described this as artichoke tasting like. They took a while to appear. I hope that means they were being made to order. The pork pup wasn't sealed together. It split in two. Never had that happen before. It was ok. It could have been cooked longer. Corn tasted a bit raw. They offer a hot and a not hot sauce for it. Plus vinegar-ed "cole slaw". It adds a dimension. The loroco did taste a bit like artichoke. At least it was a new experience. They also sell pizza (saw two steel pizza ovens), sandwiches, gyro, Mexican items, Carib items, etc. The place is just a bare white square. No effort. No decoration. I expected it would be like this. Why it has been ignored. The pricing is also bad. Maybe 25% too expensive. A burrito was over $10 for instance. Pizzas were near $15.
*I forgot to alert you to a delivery site called Gold Belly. They deliver from many famous restaurants.
**Travel Notes - Florida Keys: I first stopped at a place on US 1 in Pinecrest that looked cool. It wasn't. Just another three step bowl/burrito place. Called Diced. Had an ok chicken wrap. In Islamorada, I ate dinner at Ziggie and Mad Dogs. Had one of the better cheeseburgers I've had in a while. Cheapest thing, Plus an ok shrimp cocktail too. Was a Capone hang out. Now owned by a 70's Miami Dolphin. Stayed three nights at Creekside Inn for around $133 a night. Keys getting expensive. Seems like hotels are only partially renting rooms to inflate prices. Had mahi reuben at Island Grill. Had a great pizza at Enrico's after watching the sunset at Mile Marker 88. Had a meh chicken salad sandwich at City Hall. Dinner menu looked better. They have a nice wine store inside. You'd never think it from the outside. Scuba'd at Islamorada Dive Center. $95 plus $30 for gear (pre tax). Great coconut and coffee ice cream at Mr C's. Drove to Key Largo for happy hour (half price on already cheap drinks) at Jimmy Johnson's Big Chill. Went back for dinner at Old Tavernier. Mushy yellowtail snapper almondine with "risotto". Old school flop. Wrong rice. Mushy too. Expensive for what they delivered. Very good and generously portioned bread crumb encrusted hogfish at Lazy Days for lunch. Looks like a dump. But, great view and surprisingly good food. Saw some sick shrimp cocktails. Huge! Drove to Marathon. Stayed at the Sea Dell Motel for $145. Cheapest thing available! It was ok. Not fancy, but, quietish and no glaring disappointments. Saw sunset at Burdine's. Got a media noche to go at La Nina. Got a beef empanada, croquetta and pork tamale at Juice Paradise Cuban Cafe. Didn't want a sit down dinner. Marathon location of Captain Hook's didn't have a pm dive, so, I drove to Big Pine Key to dive Looe Key Reef. $95 plus $36 for gear. This was a better dive site. Sailed by Little Palm Island going out. It has a hotel that is $2500 a night. Ate a Turkey Club at Big Pine Rooster before the dive. Drove back through Marathon to Castaway for lionfish sushi and lionfish miso soup. It was on 3D. Had dinner two at Twisted Shrimp in Islamorada. It gets a 5 out of 5 on Yelp. Great "fried" shrimp and roasted brussel sprouts. Barely coated. Like salt baked shrimp. Excellent. And it's an order at the counter place. Low maintenance vibe. Spent the night at Travelodge in Florida City because at $80 it was $40 less than anything in the Keys. Had lunch in Pinecrest at another place that looked cool. It wasn't. Called Grown Drive Thru. Crappy Cobb salad for $11 because everything was WAY overpriced. Trying to get you for $20 to start. Another stupid three step fast casual place. Plus it was only healthy crap. No traffic snarls either way. Only rained Monday morning. Temps in the low 80's. Water temp also good. I also laid out at Founder's Park (free with Creekside parking pass) in Islamorada and Coco Plum beach in Marathon.
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