From a gleaming vintage Airstream parked inside Humboldt Park, Cristina Ayala and her smiley staff are pressing Latin-inspired sandwiches to order and pulling potent shots of espresso for straight-up eye openers or iced concoctions. Muenster melts into ham between eggy, sugar-dusted bread for the malloraca, while a pastrami sandwich is done as it is on modern food trucks in Puerto Rico: piled high with grilled onions, white cheese and mustard then toasted. Everything is as cheap as it is tasty, especially the Puerto Rican pastries sourced from the best bakers around.
Isla de Café (CLOSED)
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- Address:
- Twitter: @isladecafe
- Chicago
- Contact:
- View Website
- Price:
- Average item: $4
- Opening hours:
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
- Do you own this business?
- Sign in & claim business
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