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Why Isn't Everyone Talking About Cuban Pizza?

#CubanPizza  #Pizza #Miami #Cuba I have to pick up my partner, John, from Miami International Airport.  His flight arrives past midnight, and while this may cause many locals to groan, I’m actually excited. Any reason to be in the western parts of Miami-Dade County is also a reason to have  pizza cubana . The existence of two 24-hour Cuban pizzerias minutes from Miami’s airport also means that we've created our own tradition of treating ourselves to these cheesy, fluffy pizzas any time one of us flies into MIA. This particular style of pizza is said to have originated on Varadero Beach in Cuba, a popular holiday destination for many people on the island. Allegedly, the originator moved to Miami after the communist revolution and reopened his famous pizzeria,  Montes de Oca . Visit any of the handful of locations scattered across western Miami, and the sign will remind you that it is the original Cuban pizza. The founder of  Rey Pizza , another local C...

‘Fyre Festival 2:’ Ultra Music Festival Strands 80,000 on Miami Island

Compounding the problems was a tree that caught fire, leading city officials to declare no fire works for the remaining two days of the festival. It didn’t take long, but the fiasco surrounding night one of the Ultra Music Festival has already been  branded  “ Fyre Festival  2,” fueled in part by forecasts of a so-called “traffic apocalypse” that ultimately proved to be true. The massive electronic music event held near Miami ended in pandemonium when a fire broke out, stranding tens of thousands of attendees on an island without transportation. Some had to walk over an hour to the mainland in the dead of night. And there are still two more nights to go. Duke @DukeAmazin @ ultra almost feels like # FyreFestival # Ultra and it’s only day 1 781 11:43 PM - Mar 29, 2019 297 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy “This was my first year attending the Ultra,” a...