Tampa has grown fast, developed a strong identity, and produced a set of behaviors that the rest of Florida recognizes, tracks, and has fourteen specific things to say about.
Here they are.
1. The Cuban Sandwich Debate
Tampa’s Cuban sandwich claim is rooted in real history. Ybor City’s Cuban and Spanish immigrant community was making Cuban sandwiches in Tampa before Miami’s Cuban population existed at scale.
Tampa knows this and brings it up…