A local story suggests that the Cuban Revolution started in Tampa. In 1895, Jose Martí, a Cuban Revolutionary leader nicknamed the “George Washington of Cuba”, was said to have tasked Blas O’Halloran, a cigar maker, with an important job. Martí…

On the corner of 7th Avenue in the heart of Ybor City stands a steakhouse called Carne. If you were to travel back in time, that same building with the scarlet red bricks would have had a different and more important purpose. For decades, the…