Pambiche Specialties

Cuban Lunch Bowls

Pambiches Cuban Lunch Bowl Specials are available Wednesday - Friday 11 am - 6 pm Available for dine-in and take-out. Our rice & beans lunch bowl specials are a quick and economic option for your midday meal, simple and satisfying Cuban comfort food in a rice bowl, and our full menu is still always available. So whether you’re stopping in for lunch or taking your food to go, think of Pambiche as a quick and economic option for your midday meal.

Cuban Lunch Bowl Menu

CLASSIC CUBAN COCKTAILS

In the glory days of pre-revolutionary Cuba, famous Havana restaurants, bars and nightclubs such as Tropicana, El Floridita, Sloppy Joe’s and La Bodeguita del Medio were notorious for their exotic cocktails. In the days of prohibition North American tourists flocked to Havana in search of the tropical Cuban lifestyle and of course, Cuban rum. It is from this period that such well-known cocktails as the Daiquirí, Mojito, Papá Hemingway, El Presidente and the Canchánchara earned their fame.

Here at Pambiche we return to La Habana’s days of yore when her streets were filled with the young appetite for life and the varied means of enjoying it. Our cocktails are made exclusively with premium rums, housemade fruit juices, fresh squeezed and pressed daily, pure cane sugar and the expertise & love required to make Classic Cuban Cocktails. ¡Salud!

Cuban Cocktail Menu

Cuban Sandwiches

Pambiche’s Cuban Sandwiches have been satisfying the hearts and souls of her patrons for a quarter century and with good reason. From the beloved Sandwich Cubano, to our original Havana Cheesesteak, to the newest arrival on our sandwich menu, La Frita Cubana, Pambiche’s sandwiches are prepared in the Cuban tradition, utilizing properly marinated meats, layered with just the right amounts of each ingredient, placed for taste, texture and presentation. Key ingredients we use include our housemade Mojo Mustard, designed specifically for Cuban Sandwiches, it is the perfect blend of mustards with traditional garlic mojo. We use it in the following sandwiches: Sandwich Cubano, Havana Cheesesteak, Frita Cubana, Pan con Pescado.

Our housemade Mojo Ketchup is designed specifically for the Frita Cubana and combines smoked peppers with tomato ketchup and traditional garlic mojo.

The fundamental ingredient in Pambiche’s Cuban Sandwiches is our house rendered lard for basting the bread on the grill, giving our sandwiches that rich, savory flavor and delicious cripiness, essential to every bite of a Cubano!

Cuban Sandwich Menu

Pambiche’s Havana Happy Hour is a great way to sample our menu of Cuban favorites, while watching your wallet. We offer a variety of not so small plates, $5 empanadas and bacanes, Cuban cocktails and Café Bembé coffee drinks, $6 slushies & shakes $5 pints of Juanito’s Havana Lager and the star of Havana Happy Hour is the $8 Pan con Lechón (Cuban Hot Roast Pork & Gravy Sandwich.

Havana Happy Hour

Our Empanadas

Pambiche’s empanadas feature our prized empanada dough, a pastry that is tender and short, similar to the pastry used for pies. A family tradition for generations, our empanadas are never fried, always freshly baked. For meat filled empanadas we use our house rendered lard/tallow pastry dough and for our vegetarian empanadas we use our butter/coconut oil pastry dough. So whatever your preference is we have you covered with our dilectible doughs. Available a la carte, as and entrée plato or by the dozen. Dozens can be mixed. Empanadas by the dozen come on serving trays ready for your party buffet, and for a small fee we can even cut them in half for you.

In addition to our standard empanada offerings we offer Empanadas Operadas (Operated Empanadas or Sutured Empanadas) A fun way of saying double stuffed, twice baked and served au gratin. These hand pies are more than cosmetically enhanced, they are a full meal on their own! Check out our Empanadas Operadas menu for the current combination of pies and savory fillings. Available a la carte, as and entrée plato.

Empanada Menu

Pambiche’s Bakery

Pambiche’s bakery is built out of a love for the craft of baking, years of dedication to the trade and a true knack for working with Cuban delicacies. At the helm are partners in pastry and co-owners of Pambiche, John Maribona and Roseanne Romaine.

The duet has been together since 1992 sugar coating dessert houses, patisseries, restaurants and bakeries all over the Portland Metro area, and in 2000 opened Pambiche together, bringing traditional Cuban desserts and pastries to Portland, Oregon.

Pambiche Bakery Menu

Café Bembé Organic Cuban Style Coffee

We proudly serve Café Bembé Organic Caribbean Dark Roast Coffee. Sustainably Sourced, Direct Trade, Shade Grown Estilo Café Cubano. The beans are the same varietal as Jamaican Blue Mountain Arabica.

Origin: Haiti & Dominican Republic
Region: Caribbean
Flavor: Deep Flavor, Rich Coco, Sweet and Complex
Process: Honey Washed
Elevation: 1200 m & 1400m above sea level

The aroma is rich and slightly smoky. Tasting notes are bold, pleasantly smooth and sweet, characterised by strong notes of dark chocolate and caramel with hints of toasted nuts. A superb coffee of the highest quality, that boasts low acidity and is full bodied. Truly excellent espresso.

Café Bembé Menu

Fresh Bacanes

Bacanes hail from Baracoa in Eastern Cuba and resemble Tamales as well as other wrapped/steamed masa cakes such as Dominican & Puerto Rican Pasteles. Our Bacanes are made of plantain and cassava masa wrapped in banana leaves, stuffed with a variety of fillings. Available a la carte, as and entrée plato or by the dozen.

Like tamales and pasteles, bacanes are much more than just a dish. They're a classic tradition that brings families together during holidays and special occasions. A special treat wrapped in a banana leaf filled with perfectly seasoned stewed meats and veggies. The smell alone can transport you to warm memories of Caribbean festivities when people typically enjoy these treats. Order a variety for your next festive gathering, dozens can be mixed.

Bacanes Menu

Pambiche Catering

Pambiche offers Catering services that make event planning convenient and economical. If you are having a party, meeting or reception, Pambiche can prepare the food and have everything ready for pickup, or, we can even deliver it!

We do not offer full service (set-up, staffing, serving and plate ware rental, clean-up services, etc.) We do the cooking and you throw the party!!

It doesn’t matter if you’re serving 20 or 200 Pambiche’s Event Coordinator can help you design a Cuban menu to fit your special occasion.