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Crab croquettes in Tampa. Ybor City. Its been a long time for me, but my sister was there recently and said they are still great. The place we used to get them from was the Silver Dollar.
There were several places in Ybor city to buy them. Some hot sauce and a cold beer and they was the best.
 
Hot take: Islas Canarias are okay but I think they are a bit overrated. Maybe I went on a bad day?
I do think their Cuban Sanbdwhich is the best I have ever had though.

There is a place on South beach called Puerto Sagua that I think has croquetas that were great. But that was more than a decade ago.
 
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Spindrift said:
Crab croquettes in Tampa. Ybor City. Its been a long time for me, but my sister was there recently and said they are still great. The place we used to get them from was the Silver Dollar.
There were several places in Ybor city to buy them. Some hot sauce and a cold beer and they was the best.
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Those are “devil crabs” my friend. We Tampa people don’t consider those croquettas…

They are one of the best foods on the planet though. Brocatos has a killer devil crab
 
Colombie said:
Hot take: Islas Canarias are okay but I think they are a bit overrated. Maybe I went on a bad day?
I do think their Cuban Sanbdwhich is the best I have ever had though.

There is a place on South beach called Puerto Sagua that I think has croquetas that were great. But that was more than a decade ago.
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puerto sagua was THE PLACE 35 years ago. i played volleyball at 14th street for a long time, day and night. it was a great time, before south beach became a cesspool.

would stop in at Puerto Sagua for bfast or dinner. they made a kick *** paella, again a long time ago.
 
Dgixxer252525 said:
Those are “devil crabs” my friend. We Tampa people don’t consider those croquettas…

They are one of the best foods on the planet though. Brocatos has a killer devil crab
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My mothers side of the family is from Ybor City. They always called them croquetas. Never once did I hear deviled crabs. In fact my cousin told me the other day they went to Ybor city just for the croquetas.
 
Spindrift said:
My mothers side of the family is from Ybor City. They always called them croquetas. Never once did I hear deviled crabs. In fact my cousin told me the other day they went to Ybor city just for the croquetas.
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Yea what do I know. I refuse to argue over croquetas. Thanks for clarifying
 
Spindrift said:
Croquetas de cangrejo
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Google that and see if that even exists in Tampa. I know I said I was t going to argue, but I am going to educate…

In Tampa, we don’t call crab “cangrejo”. We call all crab “jaiba”. When I say we, I mean everyone in the entire city. We also have never ever sold croquetas de cangrejo. If you come to ybor or west Tampa and ask for a croqueta de jaiba, they are going to give you a deviled crab for a 100% fact. I live here, I was born here, and my family has been here for decades. Deviled crabs arent available anywhere outside of Tampa. They are a food that the city is known for.
 
Dgixxer252525 said:
Google that and see if that even exists in Tampa. I know I said I was t going to argue, but I am going to educate…

In Tampa, we don’t call crab “cangrejo”. We call all crab “jaiba”. When I say we, I mean everyone in the entire city. We also have never ever sold croquetas de cangrejo. If you come to ybor or west Tampa and ask for a croqueta de jaiba, they are going to give you a deviled crab for a 100% fact. I live here, I was born here, and my family has been here for decades. Deviled crabs arent available anywhere outside of Tampa. They are a food that the city is known for.
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cangrejo y jaiba are different. cangrejo is any type of crab, jaiba is a specific type of crab.
 
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