Yuca

Yuca Restaurant Company was founded in 2001, and is located at 501 Lincoln Rd in Miami Beach. Additional information is available at www.yuca.com or by contacting Janet Suarez at (305) 532-9822.

When To Go: A Cuban band plays nostalgic tunes in the upstairs lounge on Saturday nights. Cover charge is $8.

A Cuban band plays nostalgic tunes in the upstairs lounge on Saturday nights. Cover charge is $8.

"Muy bueno" say fans of this "cool" Cuban restaurant serving "tasty" Nuevo Latino fare on Lincoln Road across from the Frank Gehry-designed New World Symphony; while the tab can get "a bit pricey" for some, many say this longtime go-to is "still holding its own"; P.S. salsa experts (or wannabes) can strut their stuff during twice-weekly lessons on the second floor.

This place tries impossibly hard to make a statement, and succeeds. Great space–zebra wood floors, red loungey couches, outdoor seating. A menu that is part art, part science. The idea is to explore “studies” of four bizarre-sounding-but-surprisingly-delicious combinations, beautifully presented in fours: tongue and octopus, chicken skin cracker topped with raw, thinly-sliced scallops and fish...

In Short
The who's who of local power and politics dines here; table-hopping is common. Yuca's change in ownership (original co-founder Ephraim Vega sold his share in order to open the...

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