The Brief
- The owner of Los Gringos is an Irish/Italian from New Jersey, but he’s mastered the art of creating amazing Cuban food.
- Los Gringos in West Tampa sits just minutes from many other well-known Cuban restaurants and holds its own.
- A loyal local following keeps the community coming back again and again.
TAMPA – Scott Wall’s culinary career began in New Jersey. He and his family relocated to Land O’ Lakes, where he had his first experience creating a Cuban sandwich. In that learning process, a labor of love was born. He called it Los Gringos.
Unique restaurant origins
The backstory:
The Wall family had a sandwich shop already, but here in the Tampa Bay area, customers kept asking for a Cuban sandwich.
“People said, ‘Oh, do you make a Cuban sandwich?’ Sure, I can figure out a Cuban sandwich. It’s sliced ham, and salami, and pickles, and mustard, and roast pork,” recalled Wall.…