El Palacio DE Los Jugos

Activities: Health club, Hot tub, Pool (outdoors)

Check-in / Check-out time: 11am / 3pm

Description:(Also at 14300 SW 8th St.) This landmark, self-contained oasis of Cuban culinary treats contains a marketplace filled with an array of fresh produce and island specialty items; a juice bar serving "jugos naturales" and tropical shakes (batidos); and two Cuban food stands. One is situated below a row of ...Read more photos depicting the dishes (soup, fried rice, oxtail, bistec de palomilla, all for $2-$3.50). The other, photoless counter, serves roasted chicken, pork ribs, and, best of all, pulled morsels of juicy roast pork that are reason enough to head this way in a hurry. All main courses (of which there are three or four) come dished from a steam table with a heaping helping of either arroz con pollo or red beans and rice. You also get a generous hunk of boiled yuca with its traditional accompaniment of garlic and citrus mojo sauce. No small part of El Palacio's charm is that you can ramble under the ramshackle roof from one stall to another, then carry your pickings to picnic tables out back. The bill for dinner comes to less than $5, which makes even Pollo Tropical seem overpriced. show less