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El Golfo Restaurant
Takoma Park, MD

Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno in Takoma Park, MD

Masitas de puerco in Sevilla bitter orange, and half a mojo-criollo roast chicken. We're 5 min · 1.8 mi from Takoma Park, at 8739 Flower Avenue in Silver Spring.

Flower Avenue connects Takoma Park to El Golfo's door. Come up Flower for handmade pupusas, sizzling fajitas and a relaxed meal with friends or family.

From Takoma Park we're 5 min · 1.8 mi, which makes Cuban plates a short trip rather than a whole day's errand.

Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno at El Golfo Restaurant

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
Around Takoma Park

Old Takoma & Carroll Avenue · Takoma Park Farmers Market · Philadelphia Avenue · Takoma Metro

Takoma Park FAQs

Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno questions

What is mojo criollo?
A Cuban citrus-garlic marinade. Both the masitas and the roast chicken are built on it.
Are the Cuban dishes gluten-free?
Masitas de Puerco and Pollo al Horno are both marked GF on the menu.
Tonight, then

Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno in Takoma Park?

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 warm welcome.

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