YUCA Restaurant Review
501 Lincoln Rd. (Drexel Ave.) 
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Miami Beach, FL 33139
305-532-9822 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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YUCA Restaurant is one of our 2012
| Top 10 Miami/South Florida Cuban Restaurants
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Cuisine
Open
Lunch Mon.-Sat., Dinner nightlyFeatures
- View
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Entertainment
- Outdoor dining
- Open late
- Dressy
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| Yuca stands for Young Upwardly mobile Cuban Americans, which describes the scene here better than we can. The dining experience was first-rate before the restaurant deserted its original location in refined Coral Gables for touristy South Beach. The upscale Cuban food is still appealing enough, however, to make this place a better-than-average choice for those who want to eat on the Lincoln Road pedestrian mall. Yucca stuffed with truffle oil-spiked wild mushroom picadillo (served with sautéed spinach plus two veggie salads) is a welcome innovation for vegetarians and, for carnivores, guava-glazed barbecued baby-back ribs, served with mojo-drenched crispy yucca fries and chayote slaw, are otherworldly. Tourists convene at YUCA year-round to glimpse Sobe’s glitzy version of Cuban culture, and the place is also a hub for the mushrooming Latin music industry’s movers-and-shakers, as well as a hotbed of racy Latin celebrities. |
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