Every year, from September 15 to October 15, the United States celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, a month dedicated to recognizing the histories, cultures, and contributions of communities with roots in Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. The celebration began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week and was officially expanded to 30 days in 1988.
There are many ways to connect with that heritage. Music, art, and traditions tell stories, but so does food. Recipes travel, adapt, and meet other cultures, eventually becoming part of the way a city—or a country—eats.
That exchange helps answer a question at the heart of Cafe Americano: what is American food with a Latin twist?
The answer might be an Eggs Benedict with birria and chipotle, a breakfast burrito with chorizo, or an American sandwich that brings together mojo pork, Cuban bread, and yuca.
American comfort food, reimagined
Cafe Americano defines its concept as classic American fare with a Latin twist. Its Miami and Las Vegas locations keep familiar American comfort food favorites—pancakes, burgers, eggs, Benedicts, sandwiches, and steaks—while incorporating ingredients, recipes, and flavors connected to different Latin American cuisines.
That matters because American Latin fusion food doesn’t have to mean creating entirely new dishes.
Sometimes the starting point is still an American classic, and what changes is its flavor language. One of the best examples is the Birria Benedict.
Birria Benedict: when two traditions come together
Eggs Benedict is one of the great American brunch classics. At Cafe Americano, the Birria Benedict combines an English muffin and poached eggs with slow-cooked birria, mozzarella, and chipotle hollandaise. It is currently featured on the breakfast menus at both Caesars Palace and Paris Las Vegas.
Two different culinary references come together on one plate: the familiar format of an American breakfast classic and flavors connected to Mexican cuisine.
That is exactly what a Latin American twist on American classics can do: rather than erase the original dish, it allows another culinary tradition to transform it.
From Benedicts to chilaquiles: Latin flavors from the start of the day
In Miami, that crossover also begins with breakfast and brunch.
In Brickell, the Ranchero Benedict replaces the English muffin with crispy tostadas and combines black beans, carnitas, and poached eggs with green tomatillo salsa and chipotle salsa roja. On the same menu, Barbacoa Chilaquiles bring together corn tortilla chips, salsa roja, shredded beef, sunny-side eggs, crema, avocado, queso fresco, and cilantro.
On Collins Avenue, Barbacoa Chilaquiles are also part of the menu, while the Breakfast Burrito combines scrambled eggs, chorizo, bacon, cheddar, avocado, pico de gallo, and roasted jalapeño crema.
These are examples of how Latin inspired American food can appear from the very first meal of the day, bringing together formats, ingredients, and flavors from different culinary traditions.
From the Cuban sandwich to tacos: Miami expands the map
In Miami, the conversation naturally continues through lunch and dinner.
Brickell’s Cuban Club brings together roasted mojo pork shoulder, smoked ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, and mustard on toasted Cuban bread, served with yuca fries and chimichurri crema. The Spicy Crispy Chicken Sandwich starts with a distinctly American format and takes it in a different direction with chili-spiced fried chicken, salsa criolla slaw, avocado, yuca fries, and jalapeño ranch.
On the same menu, Taco Birria features slow-braised beef, Mexican cheese, birria broth, onions, and cilantro. Ocean Drive adds Mahi Tacos, Baja Chicken Tacos, and Quesabirria Tacos, further expanding the range of culinary influences found across the Cafe Americano experience.
There is no single Latin influence because there is no single Latin cuisine.
Miami and Las Vegas, one idea with different expressions
That variety allows the concept to adapt to each city.
In Miami, Brickell features dishes such as Ceviche Tostadas, combining sea bass, shrimp, ají peppers, avocado Green Goddess, pico de gallo, cilantro, and leche de tigre on crispy tostadas. There is also the Chicken Brasa Bowl, with cilantro rice, black beans, brasa chicken, criolla slaw, avocado, jalapeño ranch, and a yellow corn tostada.
In Las Vegas, the same philosophy appears alongside American classics. Caesars Palace and Paris offer Birria Benedict, Huevos Rancheros, and the CA Breakfast Burrito, while the Paris dinner menu adds Empanadas, Guacamole, and Chipotle Lime Shrimp.
That’s why celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month food doesn’t have to mean searching for a single recipe to represent an entire community. It can also mean discovering how different traditions continue to influence the way we eat today.
Food is part of the heritage
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates histories and contributions that are part of the American identity. And food offers an especially direct way to experience them: sitting down to a dish and recognizing ingredients, techniques, and recipes that have crossed borders and generations.
That is what defines the Cafe Americano experience. Latin inspired American food doesn’t mean choosing between American classics and Latin flavors. It means discovering what happens when both share the same table.
From Birria Benedict and Ranchero Benedict to chilaquiles, Cuban Club, tacos, and empanadas, each location finds its own way to express that connection.
This Hispanic Heritage Month, visit Cafe Americano in Miami Beach, Brickell, Caesars Palace, or Paris Las Vegas and discover how a Latin twist can transform some of the most familiar flavors of American comfort food.