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How to find a good Cuban sandwich
The Cuban sandwich — roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard on Cuban bread, pressed flat and crisp — comes from the Cuban communities of Tampa and Miami. Tampa adds salami; Miami does not, and both cities are proud of it.
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What separates a good one from a bad one
- Real Cuban bread — Light, crisp-crusted, made with lard. Other bread is a different sandwich.
- Mojo-marinated roast pork — Garlicky, citrusy, slow-roasted.
- Pressed until crisp — Flattened in a plancha until the cheese melts and the crust crackles.
- Yellow mustard and pickles — Sharp and simple.
- Café cubano — A strong, sweet espresso to go with it.
What to order
- Cubano — The classic.
- Medianoche — On sweet egg bread.
- Pan con lechón — Roast pork only.
- Croquetas — On the side.
- Cafecito or cortadito — To drink.
Where to find Cuban sandwich
Cuban sandwich is mostly found at sandwich shops and Cuban restaurants, so that is where to look. Open listings put 46,172 of them across the US, and these are the cities and campuses with the most.
Cities with the most
Chicago, IL 506 New York, NY 490 Miami, FL 313 Las Vegas, NV 305 Los Angeles, CA 277 Houston, TX 273 Tampa, FL 220 Dallas, TX 195
Campuses with the most within a mile
Touro University 181 The Graduate Center 172 FIT 135 Baruch 125 City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College 112 NYU 107
A few to start with
- Harry's Sandwich — Chicago, IL
336 S Dearborn St, Chicago - My Belly's Playlist — New York, NY
18 Murray St, New York - Caña Restaurant and Lounge — Miami, FL
Hyatt Centric Brickell Hotel, 1102 Brickell Bay Dr 2nd Floor, Miami - Sin City Sandwich — Las Vegas, NV
375 Lewis Ave, Las Vegas - Mike's Deli — Los Angeles, CA
238 E 1st St, Los Angeles - Zeros Sandwich Shop — Houston, TX
507 Dallas St # C, Houston
Counts are listings in Overture Maps open data (September 2026), counted by the town in each address. Independent places only in the examples above, and they are a starting point rather than a ranking.
How Savor Scout looks for it
The search reads for Cuban bread, pressed, mojo pork and Cubano, and favours Cuban bakeries and cafés over sandwich chains.
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Looking in a particular city?
Each of these opens Savor Scout with the location already set, so you can say what you want and it searches from there. It covers 1,000 US cities in total — these are simply the largest.
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- Los Angeles, CA
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- Philadelphia, PA
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