Mi Apa opens new location at the Oaks Mall

Press release from Mi Apa Latin Cafe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Let’s go to the mall! Just weeks after unveiling their food truck, which has already been busy at summer festivals, local Cuban restaurant Mi Apa Latin Cafe announced that its location in the Oaks Mall Food Court is officially opening on Thursday, August 8.

Already with multiple expansions in the last three years, including a Jonesville restaurant, a location in the Reitz Union on the University of Florida’s campus, as well as the food truck, Mi Apa Latin Cafe is excited to add the food court at the Oaks Mall to their family.

The new location allows mall shoppers, employees, patients, and family members at UF Health The Oaks and HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, as well as the many hungry travelers coming off I-75, to get the best Cuban food north of Miami.

“The opportunity to open at the Oaks Mall was presented to us and it was a perfect fit for us,” says Peter Ynigo, founder of Mi Apa Latin Cafe. “We’ve offered great food with great service for over two decades. To be asked to expand within our community again is a testament to the mission we have and the incredible team we have achieving it.”

The latest addition is another step forward for the company which has served up the best Cuban and Latin food in Alachua County since 2003. Mi Apa Latin Cafe’s first store, located in the West Gate Shopping Center on the corner of 34th St and University Ave, has thrived since opening in 2003, as does the Jonesville store on W. Newberry Rd and NW 143rd St. Since 2021, Mi Apa has offered lunch options at the Reitz Union on UF’s campus, making it even easier for students to grab a great Cuban sandwich or a cup of Cuban coffee on the way to class.