Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno in Silver Spring, MD
Masitas de puerco in Sevilla bitter orange, and half a mojo-criollo roast chicken. We're 5 min · 1.6 mi from downtown from Silver Spring, at 8739 Flower Avenue in Silver Spring.
El Golfo sits at 8739 Flower Avenue in the Long Branch end of Silver Spring, five minutes east of the Ellsworth Drive crowds downtown. Flower Avenue is the quieter restaurant row — El Gavilan is two doors up at 8805 — and the lot beside the building holds 30 to 40 cars, which downtown Silver Spring cannot say about anything.
From Silver Spring we're 5 min · 1.6 mi from downtown, which makes Cuban plates a short trip rather than a whole day's errand.
Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno done properly
Masitas de Puerco are Cuban-style oven-baked pork morsels marinated in Sevilla bitter orange and mojo criollo, served with sweet plantain ($26) — another of the dishes their own story page says customers rave about. Pollo al Horno is half an oven-roasted chicken in the same mojo criollo treatment topped with sweet Spanish onions ($26), and the kids' Moros y Cristianos plate ($10) keeps the Cuban corner honest.
What's included
- Masitas de Puerco with sweet plantain — $26 (GF)
- Pollo al Horno — half roast chicken in mojo criollo — $26 (GF)
- Moros y Cristianos kids' plate — $10
- Plátanos with crema fresca and beans — $6
Downtown Silver Spring & Ellsworth Drive · Long Branch · Sligo Creek Park · The Fillmore · Piney Branch Road
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Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno in Silver Spring?
8739 Flower Avenue, Silver Spring — parking on site for 30-plus cars. Order takeout online, or come in for the version with a sizzling platter and a band.