Adrian Castro, founder Panolo pan con bistec, Miami Beer Week

Adrian Castro created a fantastic Little Havana steak sandwich pop-up Panolo’s. He goes by the nickname Manolo at the wrestling-themed Union craft beer in Miami, where he manages the bar and films hilarious videos for its social media where he plays a cubanaso like Manolo from "Scarface." During the pandemic, he started making Cuban pan con bistec on Thursdays, modeled after the ones at Mary’s Coin Laundry, a Miami locals’ favorite. So he named his pop-up Panolo’s. Got all that? He co-found the first Miami Beer Week. He got personal and talked to co-hosts Carlos Frias and Amy Reyes about mental health, his close relationship with his mom who raised him and his brother, and his blossoming relationship with a father who spent most of Castro's life in prison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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La Ventanita is a weekly live video food podcast. Miami Herald food editor Carlos Frías, a two-time James Beard Award winner, and co-host Amy Reyes, editor of Miami.com, talk to interesting people in food about pop culture and all the things we love to eat. We focus on Miami and the people who make it special.