Little Havana offers the closest to Cuba you can get without actually being there, including hand-rolled cigars, fruiterias, meat markets, herbal stores and windows with cafecitos for only 25 cents. The area is popular with the trendy and the artistic.
On the last Friday evening of every month, "Viernes Culturales" presents open artist studios and lays on a shuttle bus between the sites. The restaurants along Calle Ocho come alive, as does the outdoor, live music stage next to the Tower Theater.