Andy Garcia

Yeah, it was like five cents, ten cents for maybe the big one and five or five and two. It was a long time ago. And then we'd go to the Royal Castle and get some burgers, you know.

Yeah, it was like five cents, ten cents for maybe the big one and five or five and two. It was a long time ago. And then we'd go to the Royal Castle and get some burgers, you know.

yeah and and you remember it fondly because because what you're saying there you guys were living amid freedom so it wasn't actually feeling persecuted it was feeling liberated no no but you know you grow up there was a small cuban community on the beach a lot of cuban jews and uh and you know we all bounded together on the weekends after you basically everybody had one day off usually sunday everyone would go to the beach

yeah and and you remember it fondly because because what you're saying there you guys were living amid freedom so it wasn't actually feeling persecuted it was feeling liberated no no but you know you grow up there was a small cuban community on the beach a lot of cuban jews and uh and you know we all bounded together on the weekends after you basically everybody had one day off usually sunday everyone would go to the beach

And everyone would meet there and bring some beer and talk. And you grow up and them talking about what's going on in Cuba. And, of course, they're longing to go back and expecting to go back because this is, you know, 61 1⁄2 and the Bay of Pigs came, you know, and the missile crisis. And it was still a hotbed of situation there.

And everyone would meet there and bring some beer and talk. And you grow up and them talking about what's going on in Cuba. And, of course, they're longing to go back and expecting to go back because this is, you know, 61 1⁄2 and the Bay of Pigs came, you know, and the missile crisis. And it was still a hotbed of situation there.

It's one step at a time, man. One business leads to another. He started my dad's swatches. Eventually goes from working for people on consignment. I remember we used to go to... It's one thing he instilled in my brother and I and my sister. We always worked with him. Even if we went to school, after school we'd have to go to do a little work and help out. Or on Saturdays we had to go.

It's one step at a time, man. One business leads to another. He started my dad's swatches. Eventually goes from working for people on consignment. I remember we used to go to... It's one thing he instilled in my brother and I and my sister. We always worked with him. Even if we went to school, after school we'd have to go to do a little work and help out. Or on Saturdays we had to go.

My brother and I would go, Dad, it's Saturday. We're going out Friday night. Go out as late as you want. Saturday morning. So we always had that. That was instilled in us. And, you know, one business led to another. He started a little, we used to go and he used to have a, I remember one of his early jobs, he started working for a catering company.

My brother and I would go, Dad, it's Saturday. We're going out Friday night. Go out as late as you want. Saturday morning. So we always had that. That was instilled in us. And, you know, one business led to another. He started a little, we used to go and he used to have a, I remember one of his early jobs, he started working for a catering company.

It was right across the street from the Orange Bowl. on the 17th Avenue. It was called Biarritz. And it had a picture of a guy, a chef with a hat, you know? And he worked there for a gentleman, I don't know how he got that job, running the place. Because my father was not really a cook. He didn't really not. My mother, yes. My father, no. And...

It was right across the street from the Orange Bowl. on the 17th Avenue. It was called Biarritz. And it had a picture of a guy, a chef with a hat, you know? And he worked there for a gentleman, I don't know how he got that job, running the place. Because my father was not really a cook. He didn't really not. My mother, yes. My father, no. And...

But he ran the place, and after a while, the guy wanted to retire, and my dad basically made a deal with him saying, you know, I'll buy it from you, but I can't buy it all in, but I'll give you X amount of money a month, and I'll continue to run this cantina, they call it, or catering, which was those kind of military tins that you stack on top of each other, and you would, and most of the clients were Cubans, you know, Cuban families that weren't home to cook, and you would get a menu,

But he ran the place, and after a while, the guy wanted to retire, and my dad basically made a deal with him saying, you know, I'll buy it from you, but I can't buy it all in, but I'll give you X amount of money a month, and I'll continue to run this cantina, they call it, or catering, which was those kind of military tins that you stack on top of each other, and you would, and most of the clients were Cubans, you know, Cuban families that weren't home to cook, and you would get a menu,

And you would say on Monday, I want rice, black beans and rice and fried bananas. And picadillo.

And you would say on Monday, I want rice, black beans and rice and fried bananas. And picadillo.

Yeah. And then they would layer it. If there was soup, it was always on the bottom, the hotter stuff. And it would layer like that. And you'd get a tin or two, depending on how big your family was. And you had a menu every week. And they would get delivered to your house. So when you came home from work, you had your meal. Amazon before Amazon for food. He did that for a while.

Yeah. And then they would layer it. If there was soup, it was always on the bottom, the hotter stuff. And it would layer like that. And you'd get a tin or two, depending on how big your family was. And you had a menu every week. And they would get delivered to your house. So when you came home from work, you had your meal. Amazon before Amazon for food. He did that for a while.

Then he sold that company. Then he went to work. I remember I used to go with him on Saturdays. He had like a 40-foot truck. And from inside the truck, he would put sneakers on consignment, very cheap sneakers. And he'd go to grocery stores all over Little Havana, all over Miami, Liberty City, I mean, all neighborhoods. Always hustling.

Then he sold that company. Then he went to work. I remember I used to go with him on Saturdays. He had like a 40-foot truck. And from inside the truck, he would put sneakers on consignment, very cheap sneakers. And he'd go to grocery stores all over Little Havana, all over Miami, Liberty City, I mean, all neighborhoods. Always hustling.