El Libre - New Orleans

I had lunch at El Libre today with my brother. He had the Vegetarian Bowl which is rice, black beans, corn and I believe a bit of avocado. I had the Cubano pressed sandwich, which is sliced pork shoulder, along with a side of sweet plantains. The food was very good. The is a small, plastic table cloth, hole in the wall with a very limited menu. As I recall there were two main dishes, along with a handful of sandwiches and another handful of sides. However, the food was delicious and I highly recommend it. It was a little disconcerting, because I showed up at 11:45 and there were no customers inside. This is quite unusual for a New Orleans lunch place. Maybe we just hit a slow day time? Anyway, my lunch was less than $12, hardly more than massed produced fast food. Well worth it. They also have a full bar, but since it was the middle of the work day, we did not try that.

Great place with a simple menu. Wonderful people working at this place. I would spend all every weekend there. Chicken dish and beef dish are great. Nice vegetarian options. Wheelchair accessible. Great coffee.

The greatest tasting authentic Caribbean/cuban food around. Relaximg, serene atmosphere with friendly kind staff. I will return again! They also offer a variety of tasty unique mixed drinks.

Really quick and easy. Loved the food, great rice and beans dish and really lovely BBQ pulled chicken sandwich/burger. The avocado salad too is an incredible side dish. The one thing that let this place down was the quite rude staff. They didn’t seem to care and were very blunt with their service. 7/10 unfortunately.

Good Cuban place with lots of options. Their menu has just expanded in the past month or so, so if you've been to it before then, I suggest coming back now to see the additions and changes. The waffle fries with Cuban toppings are a lot of fun and they recently added a whole bunch of different Cuban sandwich options that are all very good.