90 Miles Cuban Café

One of my favorite spots to stop when I'm in town. Reasonable and delicious. Has another location in Wicker Park.

this is actually the first cuban spot i visited when i moved to chicago over 12 years ago. i recently moved to lakeview west, so this is now fairly close to me and i bumped into it on a walk the other day. today decided to go in and grab some croquetas to go, which i was craving and went ahead and had a colada as well. the colada was scalding hot, i think likely overheated because the coffee tasted a little burnt and bitter. had to add sugar to it to make it taste as expected. (asked for a stirrer and got a plastic straw, which is weird). but still tasted better than trying to order a cuban coffee anywhere else at regular non-cuban cafes around the city. the croquetas, however, were great. reminded me of my grandmas croquetas. so i'd definitely go back to get those again. can't say much for the rest of the food. service was fine. no a/c, but it wasn't a hot day today. 6 small croquetas + a colada for $15.33 seems a little crazy, i could get this in miami for prob half the price. ‍but there's something about the hole-in-the-wall aspect to this place that reminds me of home a bit.

After many drives past it and loving Cuban sandwiches, we had been disappointed the restaurant we were going to in Pilsen was no more so we stopped here on the way home. Haven't been so disappointed in a very long time. The only thing we enjoyed were the paintings on the outside walls. Extremely long wait, had to wait outside because the inside was unbearably hot and only had 2 stools anyway. The tamal had a scrap of meat or two and was unusually greasy. The Cuban was totally unremarkable. One of the most boring Cubans I ever tasted. And way over priced an top of it. Almost forgot, found out too late there's a 20 % surcharge on credit cards that was not noted on the register or anywhere I could see! What a disappointing waste of time and money. NEVER AGAIN

We have been ordering lechon sandwiches here for years. It's been a while. Mostly because we moved to a different neighborhood and this is just a little out of the way now. But was craving it last weekend so we made the "trek". The sandwiches seem a little smaller these days. Or maybe I'm just remembering it wrong but PMG still as delicious. The lechon is cooked perfectly. The fries are excellent and the onions and plantains are so complementary to the meat. We love bending able to order online and quickly pick up. It's hard with a toddler to dine here, so to go is what we chose.

Cuban food is becoming much more common. It has some well established places that have been around here that many people don't know. 90 Miles is one of the established places, and has a couple locations, with this one in Roscoe Village. Get some super good authentic food. There's stuff for either meat eaters or vegetarians beyond just the Cuban sandwich, which is the thing most people are familiar with. A lot of good sounding stuff to get. It's among the most authentic Cuban restaurants around here. The atmosphere features authentic music playing and even makes it feel like you're in Havana or somewhere over there. Cute little place of which only a few people can hardly fit in. Shit tons of Cuban classics on the menu. It's about $12 for an entree. Prices have increased up a bit from what these were. A few pretty good vegetarian choices. I like the Veggie Sandwich. Make this vegan by ordering without Swiss. Comes with black beans, mixed vegetables, and portobello mushrooms. The seasoning is hot enough without being so spicy. Has another location in Logan Square which is just as good. It's about the exact same menu. The best is whichever one is the closest of these.

I really wanted to like this place especially seeing all the good reviews and I love cuban sandwiches.We got the guarito with papas fritas and bistec de palomilla with yuca fritas which was additional charge to upgrade this side. The best part of the meal in our personal opinion was the papas fritas. Both sandwiches lacked flavor and any kind of seasoning which is super rare for me because I actually had to attempt to salt them and I never add salt to my meals when eating out. They were also pretty dry which made me wonder where the chimchurri was. It didn't help that the guarito had a fried plantain as the bread which was crispy, but made the whole meal even drier. The better of the two was the bistec de palomilla which I still wouldn't get again. Unfortunately, I do prefer other cuban sandwiches place where it's cheaper and yummier to this spot especially since our total ended being around $45Also they don't do their yelp check in anymore for a free dessert :(

Still a bit of confusion on pricing? You can get an a la cart Cuban for $12. On Yelp it says $17. Comes with a side. So streamline this so we all know what's going on. Bottom line we had a great dinner and really that's what is important. Glad we could reconnect. Welcome back in the rotation

Tasty food and authentic dishes. Love the Cuban sandwich. Has a real depth of taste and the pork on the sandwich is outrageously with a slight bit of saltiness. the only recommendation is to have the fried plantains as an option with the cuban sandwich and make it authentic cuban! Recommend this place highly.

Food was tasty. Great cubano sandwich and I enjoyed the empanadas. Unfortunately they only gave us one chimichuri sauce for three empanadas and you have to pay 50 cents for each extra sauce. They also add surcharge to use a credit card. Little extra charges like this are annoying. Will go back in 6-12 months.

Service is very poor. The women who works there has poor customer service. It could be also be because it's literally a heat wave in the establishment. How could they not afford air conditioning in 90 degree weather and charge obscene prices on top of that? Poor service and facility is unbearable.