Little Havana

Little Havana, Florida is a Cuban community that is near the Little Havana district of Miami Beach. Little Havana, as the name suggests, is Little Havana near the Miami Beach district and is a Cuban populated neighborhood and a melting pot of sorts where Cubans, African Americans, Caribbean immigrants, single men, women, gay and lesbian people, and others mix and interact to form unique neighborhoods and communities.

Little Havana was created when Americans brought mostly black slaves from plantations, and they established Little Havana as an integrated community. Today many of the neighborhoods resemble Little Havana from what you see from the road. Still, there are some areas where Little Havana has decidedly become its distinct community with all its own unique cultures, people, ethnicities, and attractions.

One of the most distinctive features of Little Havana, Florida is its large variety of multi-cultural restaurants, bars, and nightclubs that attract people of all ages and cultures from across the region. In addition to the typical seafood, Latin food, and Cuban cigars that characterize Little Havana, there are also diverse international selections, including French pastries, Chinese dim sum, Indian biryani, Mexican delicacies, Middle Eastern foods, and much more.

Because Miami is such a diverse city with a large number of people of different races, religions, and nationalities living within it, this Little Havana, Florida is not only known for the delicious food that is cooked in homes but also for the lively, multicultural atmosphere that permeates the neighborhood.