A Miami coffee guide

Ventanita Windows

The ventanita is Miami's original coffee counter: a walk-up window, a colada in a styrofoam cup, and a conversation you didn't plan on having. This guide is for the places where that culture is alive — where the cafecito comes first and the seat is optional.

How a shop gets in: A shop makes this guide when our visit documented a real ventanita or walk-up cafecito window — not just Cuban coffee on the menu.

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Coconut Grove

Chug's Diner

Atmosphere first

Not technically a coffee shop — it's a Cuban-American diner with a ventanita. But if you've never ordered a colada through a little window while pastelito crumbs fall on your shirt, you haven't done Miami coffee right.

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Cuban Coffee

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