Cafe La Casita - Los Angeles

Do not go to this cafe when you are ribbed by old, creaky, and not so clean neighborhood dives. This is a rather decaying older purple building that houses a basic cafe serving Cuban sandwiches, strong cafe con leche and bitter espresso, and a variety of good yet cheap cookies, pastries and cakes in Silverlake. Here you find something to like. The bathroom is located outside the café in the small meeting house/room next door. Do you offer medianoche (midnight sandwich) with shredded pork, ham, pimples and cheese pressed in soft yellow? something brioche like bread. I personally like the ham better, but others like the shredded pig. The ham is firm and chewing with a beautiful smokey taste and a beautiful contrast to the creamy cheese. They are wrapped in a soft bowl of a bread that offers a chewing and soft texture that is very sweet. The pickle offers the subtle veggie crunch and tart counterpoint to all this gooeyness. I cleaned out most of the shredded pig because it was too dirty and muddy for me. They offer turkey and cheese croissant, pork and cheese, ham and cheese sandwich, veggie sandwiches, salads and more. Their biscuits and pastries are gigantic, their Guava cheesecake in flocky pastry crust is rich and satisfying. I enjoy their strong hot creamy cafe con leche that they can make with full or 2% milk. This coffee balances the sweet and rich food in the café and gives the senses a sniff or ribbed. It is a comfortable and relaxed place for people to read, chat or just introverted. The owner is sweet and took over in 1995 because he wanted a comfortable neighborhood joint. He joked that he bought places he had hung in himself. Parking can be a pain, but persistent and you will find something. Read the road cleaning signs carefully!!!

If you enter Cafe Tropical, you could say it was close to forever. It has many colorful hanging lanterns, but their colors begin to fade and it has a weathered look at it. However, the owner seems to love plants and the place is filled with many pot plants that improve the tropical vines of Cuba that they try to reconstruct. Based on other Yelp reviews, I ordered the Guava cheesecake. The cake costs $7. If you buy in the pane, it's like $2,50. The server will ask you if you want to cut it into 4, 6 or 8 slices. I asked about 8, since I wanted to share it with my dining room group. The Guava cheese cake is light, fluffy and moist. You can taste the cheese, but what surprises me is the very mild taste of the guava. Guava is usually one of the most powerful and aromatic of fruits, but the way it prepares here, it tasted more like strawberry than guava. And it was very red – not sure whether it placed food coloring on it, since guava usually does not remain so red when cooked. There are some people who do not like Guava because of their potency, but I think they will be pleasantly surprised by the mild taste. One of my eating mates had their Guava empanada. She said it wasn't as good as the Guava cheesecake. The crust coating was dry. It even looked dry. The filling had the same taste as the cheese cake. My other escort had the egg Croissant, which tasted good and fresh. I don't order coffee, but those at my table that had their morning java seemed happy with their drinks. Prices are relatively inexpensive. Most articles are only between $2 to $4. Interesting is the restaurant. By the rules of the health code, you must enter outside the restaurant and then enter the rear section, which serves as a community hall/forum. During our visit to a Sunday morning there was a kind of AA meeting, so it was a little embarrassing to wake up through their meeting to reach the relaxation room. But they seemed very accommodating. There are only street parking available, so is the best bet Sunday morning when metered parking is free.