Cuban Pete's is a brick and mortar as well as a mobile food truck that specializes in Cuban and Caribbean style sandwiches.
We've seen Tom and Chi make the leap from a tent on Fountain Square to a booming chain of restaurants in just a few years. Now there'someone else hoping to follow in its footsteps. Cuban Pete Sandwiches. WLWT News-Size Andrew Setters has much more on how the mobile food business is now helping fuel one family's dream. The guys behind Cuban Pete are living the American dream. They've gone from food truck to brick and mortar location in less than a year. On our top we do the pineapple salsa, anything that really combines that sweet with the savory. It's all been pretty sweet for Nelson Ponticella and his son Nelson Jr. They've got Cuban Pete Sandwiches open downtown and business is sizzling. It all started as a restaurant concept and the food truck just kind of came up by accident and when we thought about it just seemed Just in a year after bringing their food truck concept town they're parking themselves on Court Street long term. Cuban Pete's is following in the footsteps of another successful restaurant. When Tom and Chi moved to a shiny new spot next door Cuban Pete grabbed the old location. Immediately we j I basically camped outside the property owners office until they agreed to let us move in. The food truck boom in Cincinnati is giving small business owners a chance to dream bigger. Things That was one of the biggest things for us with startup costs You're probably not even half of what you're looking at a brick and mortar and then to be able to get the food out there and let people know what you're doing and Cuban Pete's will keep the truck but they're growing roots and showing the mobile food movement is going places. We've learned to work in confined spaces. This is It's fantastic. I absolutely love it. Cuban Pete's open for breakfast and lunch downtown on Court Street six days a week from downtown Andrew Setters WLWT News 5. It just looks delicious. You're going to get a chance to sample some of the popular food trucks at the taste of Cincinnati. They're going to have ten food trucks during the Food Festival Memorial Day weekend.
