Cuban mix is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Key West. Roast pork, ham, Swiss, pickle and mustard pressed flat in Cuban bread until the crust shatters. Start with where to eat Cuban mix in Key West.
Cuban mix · Key West
Roast pork, ham, Swiss, pickle and mustard pressed flat in Cuban bread until the crust shatters. Key West calls it a mix, not a Cubano, and it is a grocery-counter lunch rather than a restaurant plate.
Cuban cigar workers crossed from Havana to Key West from the 1860s and made the island a cigar capital before the industry moved on to Tampa. What stayed behind was the food: the pressed sandwich, the coffee window, the bakery bread. In Key West the sandwich is ordered as a mix, and the places that make it best are corner groceries rather than restaurants. 5 Brothers Grocery has pressed them at Southard and Grinnell since 1978 and is the counter the island sends you to for a mix, and Sandy's Cafe works from a window attached to a working laundromat on White Street.
Where to eat in Key West:
- 5 Brothers Grocery & Sandwich Shop
- Sandy's Cafe
- Cuban Coffee Queen
Where to eat Cuban mix in Key West: the editor picks