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‘I feel closer to my roots’: Three Dallas Cuban-owned restaurants that remind fans of home
Try these extraordinary Cubanos and other dishes.
A dish of Ropa Vieja, shredded beef in a tomato sauce, with red, green peppers and onion, center, and a Cuban sandwich with sliced pork, ham and Swiss cheese, served with fries, from Caribbean Cuba restaurant in Carrollton(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
It’s not about achieving a badge of authenticity. It’s more of an emotional thing for Ernesto Vélez, owner of the Havana Cafe in Casa Linda, to source the right cheese, the right bread, to slow-simmer the pork in the cauldron of sofrito. Cooking with the right ingredients not the ones you feel like you must cook with, but the ones that make you feel something is one way Vélez keeps his heart and soul connected to his home of Holguín, Cuba.
Despite the worst health crisis in a century, restaurants keep opening. We re not complaining.
In spite of indoor dining restrictions, a ban on bar seating and frigid temperatures that have made alfresco eating nearly prohibitive, chefs and restaurateurs continue to jot down opening dates on their calendar for new projects. Some were supposed to open last year. Some have recently been dreamed up. Some are somewhere in the middle.
From an elevated gastropub to an elegant Indian restaurant to a seasonal modern American restaurant with a cooking school, here are the most exciting restaurants set to open this spring in North Jersey.
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