Owner story · Brickell, Miami

We are breaking the concept “vegan food is boring” and we have become the magicians of food.

Gianluca Mitrano · Chef and co-founder, The Cocinita Miami

$33Kof The Cocinita’s food delivered by PinkbotSince June 2024

880deliveries from SE 5th St to the doorSince June 2024

The Cocinita Burger on a yellow backdrop, with tomato, red onion, lettuce and dairy-free cheese

The Choricachapa: a sweet corn cachapa with plant-based cheese and sausage under fanned avocado

From a food truck to SE 5th St

An all-vegan kitchen built to please every palate.

Chef Gianluca Mitrano, affectionately known as Mr. Mitrano, and Dr. Simón Álvarez, both from Venezuela, started The Cocinita as a meal-prep service, took it onto a food truck and opened a storefront in 2020. Today it cooks at 70 SE 5th St in Brickell. Their idea from the start was a place that delights every palate with Latin American classics. Everything is vegan, and by Gianluca’s count, 80% of the people who enjoy The Cocinita’s food are not.

“I prefer to evangelize through food. I simply serve you a dish, and if you like it, that’s my reward.”Gianluca Mitrano, to Miami Diario, 2023 (translated from Spanish)

The Cocinita’s avocado bites: guacamole, sausage and sprouts on tortilla chips

The menu

Cachapas, stacked burgers and bowls, all of it vegan.

The menu mixes Venezuelan, Colombian and Mexican cooking with burgers and bowls, all without animal products and much of it gluten free. The burgers stack pea-protein patties, and The Infatuation called them “some of the best vegan burgers in town.” One carries the chef’s own nickname: the Mr. Mitrano. The Choricachapa, a sweet corn cachapa with plant-based cheese and sausage, is The Cocinita’s own creation.

Burgers

Mr. MitranoPea-protein patty, avocado, portobellos, coleslaw and chimichurri on sourdough

A Venezuelan favorite

The CachapaFresh sweet corn, filled with melty plant-based cheese

Specials

Special TostonesGreen plantain tostones with plant-based chorizo, coleslaw and verde sauce

Bowls

Cocinita BowlSoy crumbles, brown rice, sweet plantains, avocado and coleslaw

Venezuelan-style

Empanada OperadaA crispy cheese empanada, opened up and filled your way

Desserts

Protein CheesecakeLime and berries, dairy free and sugar free

Pinkbot at The Cocinita

Pinkbot delivers The Cocinita’s orders from SE 5th St to the door.

June 11, 2024The first Pinkbot delivery left 70 SE 5th St in Brickell.
880 deliveriesFrom The Cocinita’s kitchen to the door since June 2024.
$33K of foodOf The Cocinita’s food, delivered by Pinkbot since June 2024.
Over two years togetherFrom the first delivery in June 2024 through November 2026.

From a food truck to delivering with Pinkbot.

2020The Cocinita trades its food truck for a storefront in Miami.
Sep 2020PETA puts The Cocinita on its list of the top 10 Latinx-owned vegan restaurants in the US.
Jun 2024Pinkbot starts delivering The Cocinita’s orders from 70 SE 5th St.

Visit The Cocinita

Vegan cachapas, burgers and bowls in Brickell.

70 SE 5th St, Suite 107Miami, FL 33131

Order online @thecocinitamiami

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