Miami has one restaurant on The New York Times’ list of its 50 favorite restaurants in America for 2026, and it is a Little Havana newcomer.
Cuban fusion restaurant Tin Tin has just made the unranked national list—a major achievement in such a short time since its opening. It joins another Florida restaurant, The Tides Market in Safety Harbor, giving Florida two spots this year.
A team of 16 Times reporters and editors traveled around the country to assemble the list, which excludes restaurants selected in previous years.
Little Havana gets national nod
Co-chefs and co-owners Sachi Statz and Víctor Santos opened Tin Tin as the dinner-focused sibling of Tinta y Café, the Cuban coffee and sandwich shop that Statz’s family has operated for more than two decades. The duo describes the food as “Miami cuisine,” pairing Cuban flavors with French and Italian cooking techniques…