Though the sandwich’s name certainly implies its geographic origins, there has long been debate over the true birthplace of the Cuban sandwich. The researchers and authors behind the 2022 book “The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers” set out to chart its history once and for all, and determined that the sandwich did, in fact, originate in Havana, Cuba, as its name suggests – but that it owes its evolution and rise to fame to the state of Florida, which is partially why so many of the best Cuban sandwiches in the U.S. can be found there. The fact that the Cuban sandwich is as much a product of Florida as it is of Cuba itself speaks to the long migratory history between the two locales.