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“The plan is to have a proper restaurant, so this is a step towards that, giving us the training we need”
IMAGES La Latina offers mouth-watering tostones with guacamole, salsa and sour cream, as well as desserts like dulce de leche cake
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and chorizo, and banana bread with papaya and kiwi for something sweet”. Fans of La Latina’s strawberry lemonade will be pleased to hear that this will be making an appearance on the drinks menu, along with coconut and mint lemonades and tropical juices. The venue has an alcohol licence, too, so you can expect South American ales and beers, wine and tropical cocktails. The bus is currently resting, but Catalina and her husband are looking for a new location to serve food from, with hopes of continuing this side of the business alongside their Grafton cafe, which is open daily.
his business has built up a huge following over the last few years, doling out delicious Latin food from a double-decker bus at
to move into The Grafton “The plan is ultimately to have a proper restaurant, so this is a step towards that, giving us the training that we need. I am very impressed with The Grafton, it is very willing to support the independent businesses: Amélie is a family-run business, we are a family-run business and Chi is a small, independent business. I’m really happy about that and it’s really encouraging. “We have a bigger kitchen here so we can expand our menu,” she continues. “We’re going to introduce English and Latino breakfasts, which will include huevos rancheros, arepa with salchicha
Cambridge Retail Park, but it’s all change for 2021 with a new cafe at The Grafton. Sandwiched between Chi and Amélie, La Latina is the latest enterprise to join the shopping centre’s growing collection of independent eateries, and is serving up its famous tostones, arepas and empanadas, with some exciting additions on their way. “The kitchen was what we needed and the space was just right,” explains co-owner Catalina Uribe of the decision
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