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Mamajuana Cafe Opens



When you were a kid, your mom cured your colds with hot toddies. Today, you prevent sadness with scotch.

Stave off everything from sore throats to sterility at Coral Gables’s new Mamajuana Cafe, opening tomorrow.

Named after a rum-infused, herbal healing potion created by indigenous inhabitants of the Dominican Republic, the restaurant is the only local place that serves the feel-good brew. But there’s more on the menu than the enchanted elixir.

Spanish-influenced Nuevo Latino dishes like slow-roasted pork (puerquito) and brick-pressed Cornish hen (pollito al ladrillo) made the original NYC location a staple. At the Miami outpost — a rustic space done in Spanish Colonial style and dotted with Taino Indian statues — chef Ricardo Cardona recommends the exclusive-to-the-city boneless red snapper, served whole with coconut rice and enchilada sauce.

A surefire cure for the munchies.


Mamajuana Cafe, 225 Altara Avenue, Coral Gables (305-443-0505 or mamajuanacafenyc.com).