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A Sandwich A Day: Cubano at the Morningside Heights Havana Central

A Sandwich a Day

A new sandwich every day.

J. Kenji López-Alt
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Published: August 26, 2011 Last Updated: August 12, 2019

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Classic Cubano ($12) [Photograph: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt]

Cubanos (or mixtos as they're called in Cuba and Miami), with their meaty/tangy blend of roast pork, ham, cheese, and pickles, have a pretty secure spot in the list of top 10 sandwiches of all time. It can be pretty tough to find a great one in Manhattan, but Havana Central does it up right. Thinly sliced but thickly stacked ham, well-melted Swiss cheese, a smear of mustard, plenty of sharp pickles, and really great juicy roast pork come together inside a grilled Cuban roll, pressed down firmly until everything is compacted and easily bite-able.

I often find sweet potato fries to be either too dark or too limp. At Havana Central, they're neither. Nice and crisp with plenty of sweet potato flavor. At $12 it's a tad pricey for a sandwich, but it's a big one (I couldn't finish mine in one sitting).

Havana Central

2911 Broadway, New York NY 10025 (map) 212-662-8830
havanacentral.com

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J. Kenji López-Alt is a stay-at-home dad who moonlights as the Chief Culinary Consultant of Serious Eats and the Chef/Partner of Wursthall, a German-inspired California beer hall near his home in San Mateo. His first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (based on his Serious Eats column of the same name) is a New York Times best-seller, recipient of a James Beard Award, and was named Cookbook of the Year in 2015 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Kenji's next project is a children’s book called Every Night is Pizza Night, to be released in 2020, followed by another big cookbook in 2021.

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