Cubano
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Diners can expect fluffy tacos, Cubano sandwiches and rice bowls.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023
“We were seatmates, and we started talking, and I shared my fried plantains and half of my Cubano with him. We became really good friends.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
Café Habana, which at its location in the NoLIta neighborhood of Manhattan sells Mexican-style grilled corn and a Cubano sandwich with chipotle mayonnaise, has opened branches in Malibu and Tokyo.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
It was less a Cubano than the everything bagel of tortas, a pileup of breaded chicken, sliced ham, slivered hot dogs, lettuce and crema on freshly grilled bolillo bread.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2016
Gordo was a big ol’ Cubano cat who had been teaching Juan music since he was little.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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“We have to keep up the good fight,” said Sergio de Paz, head of the Cuban exile group Cubanos Desterrados.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
Nearby Georgetown Deli and Market, formerly Hitchcock Deli, offers a dozen sandwich-and-salad options including Cubanos and meatballs.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2019
They served Cubanos and café con leche to workers from the diamond district.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2017
Peter Borges, the organizer of the meeting and the co-founder of the group Cubanos Destino USA, stands at the front of the crowd, delivering a speech over the din of nearby traffic.
From US News ● Jul. 6, 2016
Then, too, many Cubanos have been seen about here lately, and they might molest us, while it is also nearly time for the Spanish lancha that patrols this coast at sunrise and sunset.
From "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War by Munroe, Kirk
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