The working Cuban neighborhood. La Teresita on Columbus Drive since 1972, Brocato's deviled crabs since 1948, Mauricio Faedo's Bakery Cuban bread daily.
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Order Palomilla steak with yellow rice and black beans, a side of yuca fries, and a cafe con leche at the counter.
La Teresita on Columbus Drive in West Tampa has run a Cuban counter and dining room since 1972, owned by the Capdevila family across two generations.
Order The Cuban sandwich with a deviled crab on the side.
Brocato's on East Columbus Drive in Tampa has built Cuban sandwiches, deviled crabs and stuffed potatoes since 1948 from a neighborhood storefront.
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Order Hand-carved Cuban sandwich
Alessi Bakery on West Cypress has run an Italian and Cuban bakery in Tampa since 1912, with famous hand-carved Cuban sandwiches, deviled crabs and cannolis.
Order Daily-baked Cuban bread
Mauricio Faedo's Bakery on North Florida Avenue bakes Cuban bread, breakfast Cuban toast and deviled crabs daily, with the family running it since 1955.
Order Guava pastelito
La Caridad Bakery on West Columbus Drive has run Cuban bread, pastelitos and Cuban breakfast toast for West Tampa for over four decades. The kitchen leans.
Order Cheese empanada
Casino Bakery on Howard Avenue runs a working-class Cuban bakery and counter with empanadas, pastelitos, guava pasteles and a daily Cuban toast breakfast.
Try Cuban deviled crab
Brocato's on East Columbus has fried deviled crabs since 1948, the Italian-Cuban version with peppers, onions and tomato inside the Cuban-bread crumb torpedo.
Try Cuban bread and deviled crab
Faedo's Bakery on North Florida Avenue bakes Cuban bread daily and fries deviled crabs at the counter, a fourth-generation family operation.
Try Cuban sandwich
West Tampa Sandwich Shop on North Armenia Avenue serves what Obama once called Tampa's best Cuban sandwich, in a hole-in-the-wall Cuban diner.
Try Cuban sandwich and deviled crab
Alessi Bakery on Cypress has hand-carved Cuban sandwiches and fried deviled crabs since 1912, with a 100-year-old yeast culture and the Italian-Cuban shape.
Try Palomilla steak with rice
La Teresita's counter side runs around the clock on weekends, serving Cuban breakfast plates, palomilla steak and yellow rice with black beans.
Try Palomilla steak with rice
La Teresita's counter runs until midnight on Friday and Saturday, serving Cuban breakfast, palomilla steak and cafecito to the West Tampa late crowd.
