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    This is a fast-casual Cuban cafe, the kind where you order at the counter and eat a medianoche at your desk by 12:30. The recipes started as a grandmother's and now run to nearly ten locations around Jacksonville. The fried queso blanco cubes with guava sauce disappear fast, so the kitchen keeps re-baking pastelitos, which are hard to find elsewhere in town. Iced café con leche is the move, and the guava matcha is for the brave.

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    • Medianoche

      “1928 Cuban Bistro takes classics like medianoche sandwiches and ropa vieja and serves them with yuca fries or throws them on top of rice bowls in a fast-casual setting that’s ideal for workday lunches.”

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    • Ropa vieja

      “1928 Cuban Bistro takes classics like medianoche sandwiches and ropa vieja and serves them with yuca fries or throws them on top of rice bowls in a fast-casual setting that’s ideal for workday lunches.”

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    • Queso frito bites

      “The queso frito bites—fried cubes of salty queso blanco paired with a juicy guava sauce—and a selection of traditional pastelitos, which are otherwise hard to find in Jacksonville, sell out quickly and prompt frequent re-baking sessions.”

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    • Pastelitos

      “The queso frito bites—fried cubes of salty queso blanco paired with a juicy guava sauce—and a selection of traditional pastelitos, which are otherwise hard to find in Jacksonville, sell out quickly and prompt frequent re-baking sessions.”

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    3928 Baymeadows Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32217, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    • Monday 8 AM to 4 PM
    • Tuesday 8 AM to 6 PM
    • Wednesday 8 AM to 6 PM
    • Thursday 8 AM to 8 PM
    • Friday Today 8 AM to 8 PM
    • Saturday 8 AM to 8 PM
    • Sunday 8 AM to 4 PM
    Phone
    (904) 683-8104
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