National Cuban Sandwich Day is Aug. 23. The Cuban sandwich actually doesn't come from Cuba — it's a Florida thing, invented in Tampa. In about 1890, it started in the Ybor City neighborhood, where ...

Cuban food is more than the Cuban sandwich. In fact, that sandwich didn’t even come from Cuba; it premiered circa 1890 in the Tampa neighborhood of Ybor City thanks to cigar factory workers.

Taste your way through Florida’s best Cuban sandwiches, where every crunchy bite tells a story of sunshine and flavor.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Leon Brunson is a chef and Second Harvest board member whose restaurant, Leon’s at Lake Ella, is one of Tallahassee’s most popular - known for it’s fresh, creative and ...

Following recent stories featuring the best waterfront restaurants, favorite burgers, and tastiest chicken wings, our USA TODAY Network's Florida Dining and Entertainment Team focused on one of the ...

Devotees of the overstuffed, hoagie-style sandwich known colloquially as the cubano claim this melty invention did not originate in Cuba at all, but rather can trace its roots to the Little Havana ...

Located in a Sunset Boulevard strip mall between buzzy spots like Trois Familia and Fat Dragon (oh, and a Domino’s Pizza and Baskin-Robbins), family-run Cuban restaurant El Cochinito just earned major ...

If you’re tired of the same old sandwiches and snacks, then these delicious Turkey Cuban Sandwich Puffs are what you need. They are a fun twist on the classic Cuban sandwich that packs a punch of the ...

Who owns Cafe in Havana? Jose Alanis, 67, and Barbara Diaz, 32, are co-owners of Cafe in Havana. He put up the capital, and she's running the restaurant. "I always wanted to do Cuban food," Alanis ...