Cubano
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I sampled the Cubano sandwich for lunch and ordered chocolate-chip cookies to go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
“The guava cheese, the guava pastries and the Cubano sandwich; those are three things that we said, ‘We know we cannot open without these,’” Cornell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
Diners can expect fluffy tacos, Cubano sandwiches and rice bowls.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023
“We’re sending a signal to the oligarchy,” said Cubano Fils-Aime, a 31-year-old member of a local committee that organized the memorial for Mr. Moïse.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
Meaning that tomorrow her uncle, Charley Lyons, the direct descendant of the Cubano cabin boy Eduardo Leones, was going to “make his ancestors very, very proud.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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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
That day, a chef and a language teacher sat eating Cubanos and talking “about good women, about bad women, about everything,” said Kristopher Pabón, the teacher.
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
The "Cubanos" are the descendants of Spanish colonists, who have inhabited the island for at least two generations.
From Cuba Past and Present by Richard Davey
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