Miami's Little Havana has become well known over the past four decades as Florida's Ellis Island. Hundreds of thousands of refugees from Cuba and emigres from Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and other Spanish-speaking countries first stopped in this neighborhood.

Little Havana and Calle Ocho (southwest Eighth Street), its main artery, bustle with a pedestrian life seen in few other places in Greater Miami. The human scale of its old structures, glitzy restaurants with their surfeit of blinking lights and ubiquitous outdoor coffee counters, and the animated conversations of men and women (fueled with pungently sweet cups or "thimbles" of cafe) over the latest events and conditions in Cuba help set it apart.

With its many Spanish-speaking nationalities, Little Havana is anything but monochromatic. It is a quarter of political protest, marches, shrines, and museums, and vendors selling produce and flowers. The quarter's parks are popular gathering places for viejos, or elderly men, who play dominoes, as well as for young mothers pushing little children in strollers. Little Havana is exotic, flamboyant, and ever evolving as new residents pour into America's New Ellis Island.

Below please find a listing of Dinning, Entertainment and Shopping in the Little Havana area.

DINNING & ENTERTAINMENT Oriental Restaurant 1642 SW 8 St Casa Panza Restaurant 1620 SW 8 St. El Buen Sabor Cafeteria Bakery 1610 SW 8 St I Love Calle Ocho Cafe & Shop 1547 SW 8 St. El Cristo Restaurant & Cafeteria 1543 SW 8 St. Kimbara Cumbara (Dancing) 2212 SW 8 Street Hoy Como Ayer (Dancing) 1644 SW 8 Street El Pub Restaurant 1543 SW 8 St. El Exquisito Restaurant 1510 SW 8 St. Domino Park 1444 SW 8 St. Little Havana Cultural Plaza SW 8 St and 15 Ave Romo- Restaurant 1444 SW 8 St Cafeteria Guardabarranco 1388 SW 8 St. Con Tutto - Pizza a la Pala 1380 SW 8 St

SHOPPING Surprise Ena Jewels 1650 SW 8 St. Alfaro's Guayaberas 1604 SW 8 St. Old Cuba The Collection 1602 SW 8 St Verizzi Footwear 1520 SW 8 St. Azœcar Para El Espiritu (Books) 1561 SW 8 St. Marakka 2000 (Records) 1551 SW 8 St. Little Havana To Go 1442 SW 8 St. Pepe Fashions 1421 SW 8 St Lily's Records 1419 SW 8 St. CIGARS La Luna Cigars 1638 SW 8 St Miami Havana Cigars, Inc 1644 SW 8 St. Tabacos Pio VI 1638 SW 8 St. Cuba Tobacco Trading, Inc 1528 SW 8 St.