Bongos

Bongos Cafe

Bongos serves delicious Caribbean food with zero pretensions, and the restaurant, tucked into a triangular plot of land on Aurora, just off Green Lake, is practically a theme-park ride.

Bongos Cuban Cafe is in this old school gas station across the street from Green Lake.

Ethan and I will stop in after a walk around Green Lake, and our oldest can play in the giant sand lot while we enjoy some pretty good Cuban food.

Even before Paseo’s closed in Fremont and Ballard neighborhoods about a month ago, I had found my favorite hot spot this summer called Bongos, at 6501 Aurora Ave. N., Seattle.

We went for the Spicy Shrimp ($10.99) with chili sauce shrimp, long gran white rice, Cuban black beans, mango agave slaw, and a maduro and the Trinidad Steak Plate ($10.99) with Caribbean marinated hanger steak served with Cuban black beans, long grain white rice, mango agave slaw, caramelized onions, and a maduro...Click here to continue reading.

http://bongosseattle.com

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