Sister restaurant to longtime popular south side Italian restaurant Mama Mia's, Back to Cuba Cafe not surprisingly delivers equally satisfying home-cooked Cuban food. (Mama Mia's proprietors, interestingly enough, are of Cuban descent.) The restaurant's strip mall space is nothing much to look at - little more than a counter, small kitchen and several four-top tables - and like Mama Mia's you'll have to BYOB. (A liquor store and a convenience mart just happen to be a few feet away from both restaurants.) Authentic, meaty Cuban sandwiches rule the lunchtime menu. At night, best to go with nicely prepared entrées that include roasted pork, grilled shrimp with onions and peppers in a red sauce, or marinated steak, with rice and excellent black beans as sides. The dough-heavy fried meat appetizers, although hardly diet-friendly, are welcome starters. No alcohol available. BYOB. Serving lunch and dinner Tue-Sat. Closed Sun-Mon.
ADDRESS
4683 Trousdale Drive ,
Nashville, TN 37204
LOCALEATS AWARDS
Best Cuban in Nashville
DESCRIPTION
Sister restaurant to longtime popular south side Italian restaurant Mama Mia's, Back to Cuba Cafe not surprisingly delivers equally satisfying home-cooked Cuban food. (Mama Mia's proprietors, interestingly enough, are of Cuban descent.) The restaurant's strip mall space is nothing much to look at - little more than a counter, small kitchen and several four-top tables - and like Mama Mia's you'll have to BYOB. (A liquor store and a convenience mart just happen to be a few feet away from both restaurants.) Authentic, meaty Cuban sandwiches rule the lunchtime menu. At night, best to go with nicely prepared entrées that include roasted pork, grilled shrimp with onions and peppers in a red sauce, or marinated steak, with rice and excellent black beans as sides. The dough-heavy fried meat appetizers, although hardly diet-friendly, are welcome starters.
ADDITIONAL INFO
No alcohol available. BYOB. Serving lunch and dinner Tue-Sat. Closed Sun-Mon.