Its beginnings date back to the pre-Hispanic period when its dishes revolved around corn and other ingredients such as chili peppers, beans, squash, avocado, tomato, cocoa, nopal, rabbit meat, armadillo, and turkey, as well as a wide variety of fruits such as plums and pitayas. When the Spanish arrived in this land, there was a mixture and fusion of gastronomy…
Mariel Boat Lift 1980, 126 thousand Cuban’s abandon the communist island in a massive exodus. The Vilariño family were among the fortunate to make it through the turbulent stretch and reach the land of the free. After years of hardship, the family was determined to make the American dream come true. In 1984 Antonio, his wife Nilda, and five daughters…
Since 1984, as our history tells, we started our first Cuban restaurant, the result of our effort and work as a family, when we arrived from Cuba to this wonderful country. Today we have 12 restaurants, 11 Cuban food, and Vilas, our fusion restaurant which mixes the best of Mexican and Cuban gastronomy. All these years have come to us…