It all started with a Cuban sandwich — specifically, Rafael Santana’s Cuban sandwich. “My dad had a bodega when my sister and I were growing up and he used to make Cuban sandwiches,” Rafael’s daughter ...

Sangria central has come to the mid-Peninsula with the newish Cha Cha Cha Cuba in downtown San Mateo. Cousin to two Cha Cha Chas in San Francisco, this version offers a mix of Latin favorites at ...

Just in time for holiday celebrations, San Francisco's 27-year-old Cuban restaurant, Cha Cha Cha, chose San Mateo for its third location. We arrived at brightly decorated Cha Cha Cha Cuba just as the ...

The Cuban singer and bandleader Daymé Arocena is best known for her massive voice, a throaty bellow that has invited comparisons to Aretha Franklin and Celia Cruz, the queen divas themselves. But ...

Cuban band El Son Entero is on its first tour outside Cuba and surprisingly, the members say they feel right at home in Tasmania. Loading... The band, here as part of the Tasmanian International Arts ...

The story sounds partly apocryphal, but who am I to second-guess? Cuban singer Abelardo Barroso—who as a singer in the legendary and deeply influential Septeto Nacional was one of the most important ...

In his 20-plus years in San Francisco, Onur ‘Oz’ Ozkaynak has owned and operated half a dozen restaurants across the city, from a lounge and burger joint to a pizzeria. But it was a lively Caribbean ...

Why don’t they rise up? I began to understand the answer to that question after spending three weeks in Cuba this year. You have to walk in Cubans’ worn shoes to understand what’s going on deep in ...

You don’t just happen upon Cuba de Ayer Restaurant by wandering aimlessly around Burtonsville. It is so tucked away from Route 198 that you have to know exactly where to look. That the restaurant is ...

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