In 2019, Miami native Jose Mitjans realized he longed to share his delicious Cuban sandwiches with his friends, family, and community — but he didn’t know exactly where to start. So, he started by selling his sandwiches out of a makeshift trailer that he made with his bare hands on the side of the road. Then, COVID struck, and his plans derailed.
Little did he know then, that his dream food truck would come to fruition in 2024.
Mitjans has a background of working in the business side of the food industry, but he had never started his own business before. In 2019, he named his makeshift trailer that he handmade himself Miami Micro Kitchen. His trailer was made complete with a ventanita and everything (that was actually a sliding house window). Although it wasn’t an actual food truck, he tells New Times he was proud of building it himself…