Las Palmas

The only Las Palmas stands on Bergenline Avenue, where the smell of strong coffee mingles with the earthy scent of cigars. Cuban spots anchor this stretch of the avenue, and they back it up with fast service that still does not rush the truly great coffee shots. Put a pin in the 6153 Bergenline Ave, West New York, NJ 07093 and swing by if breakfast coaxes you out, or if lunch or dinner arrives before dessert does, which arrives any time it feels like it. Cocktails pass through hands that remember sugar cane moonshine, wine lists lean local when they aren’t sneaking Spanish bottles past your first sip, and the beers line up cold beneath shelves of Havana Club. A quick call ahead can make sure the live music tonight hasn’t pushed a table toward the door, but if it has, the stool facing the kitchen stays warm. They keep deserts small and sharp—one bite of flan is really all the sugar your afternoon needs. When you lose track of the block, pull up their map link for the final three steps: directions open in one tap.