"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.

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 ...

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.