Enriqueta’s sandwich shop has survived Miami’s fads, waves of hype, neighborhood transformations and a 2001 ownership change, holding on to what’s true and authentic: Cuban food for the masses.

The brilliance of the sandwich begins, like all brilliant sandwiches, with the bread, namely freshly baked Cuban bread from Tampa's La Segunda Central Bakery, which was established in 1915. The ...

Favorite local spots for an authentic Cuban sandwich In the dead of August, refreshing December news beckons like a heat-induced mirage: The splashy Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival will return ...

"But for me to make the authentic Cuban, no matter what, I still have to get my Cuban bread from Tampa." Piper Castillo can be reached at (727) 445-4163 or pcastillo@tampabay.com.

He ate his first Cuban sandwich at the Silver Ring Cafe in Ybor City in 1992. He was about 20, a poverty-stricken student looking for something tasty but cheap.