The Cuban sandwich is roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, yellow mustard and dill pickles pressed on a buttered Cuban loaf until the cheese melts and the bread crackles.
The Cuban sandwich originated in the late 19th-century Cuban cigar-worker communities of Ybor City, Tampa, and Key West, where Cuban immigrants combined Spanish, German, Italian and Cuban deli traditions on a single pressed loaf. Tampa Cubans add Genoa salami reflecting Italian neighbors; Miami Cubans skip it. Central Florida absorbed Cuban migration through the 1960s Mariel exodus and the 1970s mass Puerto Rican settlement, and Orlando's Black Bean Deli has pressed the canonical Miami-style Cuban since 2001. La Lechonera El Jibarito in Kissimmee and the Pio Pio counters round out the Latin map.
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Black Bean Deli ★ 4.7
mills-50 · 1835 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32803
Black Bean Deli on East Colonial Drive in Mills 50 is the family Cuban counter since 2001, with pressed Cuban sandwiches, ropa vieja and a Winter Park branch.
Pio Pio Restaurant ★ 4.4
downtown · 501 E Washington St, Orlando, FL 32801
Pio Pio Restaurant on East Washington Street near Lake Eola is the Peruvian rotisserie chicken spot with pollo a la brasa, lomo saltado and tres leches cake.