Café La Carreta
Finding it
Café La Carreta is in 1st Level Arrivals in Central Terminal at Miami International Airport. It sits landside, so you can reach it without a boarding pass — and you still have to clear security afterwards.
Central Terminal has 32 places to eat and 31 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 4am.
Hours against the security queue
Across the week, MIA security runs longest around 5pm at a median of 16 minutes, and lightest around 11pm at 2 minutes.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's MIA wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Café La Carreta sits on the Central Terminal's first-level arrivals, landside, which makes it a spot for people meeting arriving passengers or heading out to ground transportation rather than someone headed to a gate. It's open 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., covering the morning arrivals rush through the early evening. The counter-service pastries, croquettes and sandwiches make it a faster option than a sit-down restaurant for someone just off a flight and short on time before baggage claim or a curbside pickup. There's no other Café La Carreta location in MIA's records to compare it against.
Other options in Central Terminal
All landside, so you can reach any of these before security.
Official Travel Resources
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