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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Willamette Week. Updated August 2026.
Pambiche · Kerns
Pambiche has served Cuban food from its colorful Northeast 28th Avenue building since opening on Valentine's Day 2000, and Willamette Week named it a Restaurant of the Year. Owner-chef John Connell Maribona built an authentically Cuban space, and the Kerns-area kitchen remains a fixture for Cuban classics and pastries.
Cubo · Hawthorne
El Cubo de Cuba turns out faithful Cuban standbys on SE Hawthorne Boulevard, including mojo pork plated with rice and black beans and a Cubano on a toasted baguette-style bun with ham, pickles, and Swiss. Willamette Week frames the cooking as a solid, unfussy take on Cuban comfort food.
Palomar · Nob Hill
Ricky Gomez's Palomar blends Cuban cooking with New Orleans, and Willamette Week highlights dishes like a frita cubana, a medianoche sandwich, and mojo-grilled lechon asado with a sharp garlic-citrus sauce. The food menu was researched in Miami's Cuban diners, and the restaurant moved to Northwest 23rd Avenue in 2025.