La Pola

📸: La Pola Restaurant (Verdict: 👍🏻 No Potatoes) WNY, NJ My brother came up from Boca Raton for a high school reunion this weekend. After getting home pretty late last night, he woke up with a craving for some “café con leche” and something Cuban to eat. What better place to for a Cuban sandwich than “La Pola” in West New York, NJ? This is the Home of the Best Rated Cuban Sandwich in the US! Old-school, counter-service cafe turning out popular Cuban sandwiches & other Latin specialties. Btw, when I say old school I mean really old school. Belarmino Rico opened La Pola in 1978 and looks nothing has ever been updated. Besides the flatscreen on the wall. lol We decided on a “Media Noche” sandwich. This one comes served with a softer, sweeter doughy bread instead of the more firm

Great cuban sandwich! I ordered both the especial de la casa and the medianoche with a side of chicharone for to go and I was mindblown! I cannot say that they have the best cuban sandwich since I haven't had one before but both sandwiches are the bomb! Can't wait to go back again on my cheat day!

If you like Cuban sandwiches this is the place for you trust 👌 💯 😌 🙌 😉 😏 me. This 🇨🇺 Cuban sandwich was Zagat rated Okay. The rest of their Spanish food is average, but if you like Empandas then it's a must visit a dozen or so different types of Empandas fillings. They are worth the $3.00 each really fresh they fry them right in front of you. Also they have good fresh Pork Rinds if you enjoy that like me.

When I was a teenager, my brother said we had to stop in a tiny restaurant, because he wanted a sandwich. He bough a "Cuban", and handed half to me. I hated pickles, and it was a life-long hatred; the kind that you've marinated in, which drips from every inch of your body, without effort, but they shaved them so thin that it was more of a condiment than the olive-green disc of seedy rubber fast-food had made me expect. I didn't know what they had slipped me, until I was half done enjoying it. The salty tang complimented the mojo pork and mojo sauce, not found on so many "Cuban sandwiches" outside this area. And that's how fast I stopped hating pickles, shifting to the healthy suspicion a person should have in the first few steps toward making an enemy into a friend. When I walked in

One of the best Steak sandwiches in the area. In the side, a Fresh Frozen Lemonade and a ‘’Mamey’’ Shake. A great combination of Cuban cuisine with fresh and tasty ingredients!