366367 Wed Jan 31 17:27:24 -0800 2007 7 10 Florida 0 2247493 For you Cuban sandwich hounds (me included) I read in today's St. Pete Times that, after 10 years. The Silver Ring Cafe is reopening. http://www.sptimes.com/2007/01/31/Business/Back_for_seconds.shtml Wed Jan 31 17:27:24 -0800 2007 12473 Wineman 1 2251148 Yeah, I read this with great interest. Andy, as our favorite Cuban aficionado/historian, could you share your thoughts? Thu Feb 01 16:01:56 -0800 2007 2247493 13413 laurie 2 2273828 yeah, that was my post in december. lousy sandwich, I mean lousy. so sad. I'll never go back. andy Thu Feb 08 14:53:37 -0800 2007 2251148 13633 andy huse 1 2261755 The Silver Ring is open again, I can now return to Tampa. Mon Feb 05 12:26:41 -0800 2007 2247493 29164 tiomano 2 2262813 I had a question. I only have tried the Cuban sandwich recently and really like them. My wife and I were in Ybor City last week and toured the Ybor City Museum. We asked the clerk who lived in Ybor where to get a Cuban sandwich. I mentioned Silver Ring. He said he preferred pressed Cubans and sent us to Carmines which was very crowded and the food was great. He said Silver Ring did not press their Cuban sandwiches. Is that true??? Mon Feb 05 16:34:37 -0800 2007 2261755 67570 Rhody 3 3664675 We were regulars at the Silver Ring in the 60s and 70s and I never recall them being pressed then. In my mind the pressed version is a "Miami thing" and while I like them, it's not the same as what you used to get. Oddly enough, a reasonable facsimile of that sandwich is usually available at the Publix deli here in Tallahassee. Wed May 07 08:56:38 -0700 2008 2262813 190278 jsclarkfl 1 2266346 I was excited about the news as well; however there was a (rather negative) thread here about it already and even mentioned the presses (which they used to do) http://www.chowhound.com/topics/352733 Tue Feb 06 16:02:42 -0800 2007 2247493 27831 fehqew 1 3666434 Not like they use to be. Even the Tropicana serves their Cubans with lettuce and tomatoes. Not the way I remember them from the old days in Ybor. Spent many an afternoon in the Silver Ring on 7th. Wed May 07 16:46:53 -0700 2008 2247493 89493 scubadoo97