Cuban Archives - Creative Loafing Tampa

Best day all year: Six recipes for National Sandwich Day

To celebrate Sandwich Day, we dug through CL’s recipe archives to find these tasty ‘wiches.

by Meaghan Habuda November 3, 2015January 31, 2024

To celebrate Sandwich Day, we dug through CL’s recipe archives to find these tasty ‘wiches.

Restaurant review: Come together through Café Martí

Café Martí’s “Tampa Cuban” fuses Spanish and Cuban cuisines in South Tampa.

by Jon Palmer Claridge November 12, 2014May 11, 2025

Fueling up

Breaking one of food author Michael Pollan’s trusty eating commandments.

by Meaghan Habuda July 9, 2014March 7, 2025

St. Pete’s EDGE District ripe with new, updated foodie destinations

Commune over tapas at The Edge, Bodega’s thirst-quenching additions and more.

by Meaghan Habuda June 30, 2014June 5, 2022

Cuban rainbow

Habana Café offers a bright and tasty trip through a classic cuisine.

by Jon Palmer Claridge June 29, 2012May 29, 2024

See you on the Boulevard

That’s Boliche Boulevard, aka the Cuban corridor of Tampa’s Columbus Drive.

by Arielle Stevenson June 14, 2012February 15, 2024

Del Rio’s is classic, on the cheap

Del Rio’s resurrects both old Tampa cooking and approachable dining.

by Brian Ries January 19, 2012July 17, 2025

A couple of regular Joes: The Sloppy Joe meets its Cuban cousin

by Andy Huse March 17, 2011July 14, 2025

The Sloppy Joe meets its Cuban cousin

by Andy Huse March 17, 2011July 20, 2025

The Cuban Sandwich Diaries: A lifelong obsession with Tampa’s finest sandwich

by Andy Huse October 19, 2010May 12, 2025

Brian’s Place: Fresh, locally sourced Spanish-Italian fusion that’s worth the drive

by Lisa Custer July 29, 2010March 7, 2025

Cuban Pizza recipe: Like the sandwich, but on a pizza

by Leslie Green February 20, 2009July 8, 2025

Music

Hungry Housewife’s Roast Pork With Black Beans and Yellow Rice

by Leslie Green February 12, 2009July 6, 2025