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Cuban Sandwich in Tampa Bay
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Top 3 Cuban Sandwich in Tampa Bay
Tampa's signature sandwich, cross-referenced from Tampa Magazine's 2026 Best Cuban Sandwich winners and Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's Food Issue 2017 "10 Essential Cubans in Tampa Bay" picks.
- #1
Columbia Restaurant
Ybor City
“Tampa Magazine's 2026 Best Cuban Sandwich winner — Florida's oldest restaurant (1905), serving the Cuban on La Segunda bread that Food & Wine and Southern Living have both called Florida's best sandwich.”
- #2
La Segunda Bakery and Cafe
Ybor City
“Tampa Magazine 2026 co-winner — the century-old Ybor bakery whose palm-frond-pressed Cuban bread supplies the city's best sandwiches, including Columbia's.”
- #3
West Tampa Sandwich Shop
West Tampa
“Tampa Magazine 2026 co-winner and Creative Loafing's "10 Essential Cubans" pick — home of the honey-bread "Obama Cuban," named for Obama's 2012 visit; nearly 40 years in West Tampa.”