[Otter74]

There's a good Cuban restaurant near me in Chicago, but the place I miss is a sort of loncheria type place, also near me. the food wasn't as good as the other place, but it was cheap, and what I loved was the atmosphere - it was so, so Caribbean Latin American (I'm from there so I like it) and no one but an occasional Anglo is speaking English. Super strong and super sweet Cuban coffee for like a dollar. Neighborhood has been gentrifying for years and a couple of years ago the owner sold out and it was replaced by a diner-ish place catering to the newer set.