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Article: Snapshots From Ybor City
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- Southern Living
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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Explore the best of Cuban, Spanish, and Italian cultures in this vibrant Tampa neighborhood.
Tampa's Historic Latin Quarter-Ybor City-teems with ethnic restaurants, clubs, and cigar shops on avenues edged by wrought-iron balconies and palm trees. The community has been home to generations of Spanish, Italian, and Cuban immigrants. They first came in the 1880s to roll cigars and make their homes on narrow brick streets; they've since built one of the South's most fascinating multicultural neighborhoods.
Stroll along La Sétima (Seventh Avenue), past old storefronts, homes, and factories that emit heady aromas of roasting coffee, baking bread, and cigars. The sights, smells, and tastes all ...