Comments (2) Best Cuban Food - 2007

Los Flamingos

Some swear by the Arroz Imperial, a titanic pot of sauce-smothered, cheesy chicken goodness. But one of the can't-miss pieces of the Los Flamingos arsenal is something a lot less elaborate that almost anyone, regardless of most major dietary restrictions, can enjoy. In a palette of standouts, it's the plantains, so often rendered to be the more lifeless cousin of the banana, that highlight most every plate. The menu offers just about as many Mexican standards (enchiladas, quesadillas, burritos). This helps to create ease in tentative diners (no matter whether they're local, visitor, or non-experimental child), with food that they might find a bit more familiar to them. As scarce as Cuban food is in San Francisco, take heart, it's way more of a rare species in many other parts of the country.