La Teresita Cuban Counter ★ 4.5
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
Alessi Bakery Deli Counter is a street-food stop in West Tampa, Tampa.
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.
Address: 3003 W Cypress St, Tampa, FL 33607
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
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 deviled crab
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
Wat Mongkolratanaram's Sunday market runs Thai noodle counters under the live oaks, with pad thai, guay tiew and mango sticky rice cooked by volunteers.
Try: Pad thai and noodle soup
Michelle Faedo's On the Go runs the Faedo daughter's deviled crab food truck plus an Ybor counter, with three branches running the spicy Cuban recipe.
Try: 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 deviled crab
Wright's Gourmet House on Dale Mabry has pressed Cuban sandwiches since 1963, with the Genoa salami included and a steady Tampa lunch counter line.
Try: Tampa-style Cuban sandwich
Jodog at Sparkman Wharf is Michelin-starred Chef Joe Isidori's craft hot dog shipping container, with the Spicy Mexico City Dog and the Kimchee Dog.
Try: Specialty hot dogs