El Mago De Las Fritas • 1984

When Barack Obama wanted a frita in 2012, he came here—to the Little Havana counter where ground beef and chorizo have been pressed, griddled, and crowned with shoestring potatoes since 1984. The frita Cubana arrives on soft Cuban bread with a tangle of raw onions and a smear of ketchup, the same way it's been made for four decades. Lines form at lunch for that exact combination: crisp, greasy, impossibly savory, and gone in four bites.