La Teresita is a historic
Cuban cuisine restaurant with affiliated market and bakery in
Tampa
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,
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, in the
West Tampa
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region.
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CBS La Teresita opened in 1972 as a market.[ La Teresita is owned by the Capedevila family.][ A grocery market is located on the other side of the side street off West Columbus Drive from the restaurant and the bakery.
Founders Maximino and Coralia Capdevila emigrated from ]Cuba
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in 1962 after Fidel Castro
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came to power.[ They established the business as a grocery store and sold sandwiches. The family business gradually grew over time.][La Teresita Grocery]
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The restaurant has been described by politicians "as a place to be seen", and visited by President George W. Bush, John Kerry, Al Gore, and Mitt Romney. In 2007, Mitt Romney held a campaign stop at the restaurant. Romnney also attended the restaurant in 2012.
Fare
Dishes include staples such as pork, chicken, rice, and beans in preparations such as ropa vieja and papa rellena
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. There is also arroz con pollo, pressed Cuban sandwiches, fried plantain, fried yucca
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, sangria
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, and coffee. Other offerings include grouper
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, asado
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meats, and yellow rice.[ The adjacent bakery sells cakes, guava pastries, cookies, and sweet rolls.Hispanic Restaurants in Tampa Florida]
USA Today La Teresita has been described as providing large portions and modest prices.[
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See also
* Columbia Restaurant
The original Columbia Restaurant, located in Ybor City in Tampa, Florida, is the oldest continuously operated restaurant in Florida. It is also the oldest Spanish restaurant in the United States, and the largest Spanish restaurant in the world. ...
*List of restaurants in Tampa, Florida
The following is a list of notable restaurants in Tampa, Florida:
* Alessi Bakery
* Bern's Steak House
* Brocato's Sandwich Shop
* Colonnade
* Columbia Restaurant
* Datz
* Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe
* Koya
* La Segunda Central Baker ...
* Taco Bus
Taco Bus restaurants serve Mexican food in the Tampa, Florida area. The restaurants began as a popular food truck on Hillsborough Avenue. A second location followed on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, Florida and a restaurant was added on Frank ...
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1972 establishments in Florida
Cuban-American culture in Tampa, Florida
Restaurants in Tampa, Florida
Restaurants established in 1972