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Matthew Schniper
Apr 5, 2016 Updated Oct 15, 2020
Hector Diaz wears reading glasses over his soft greenish-brown eyes to prepare café con leche in his kitchen, as salsa music pulses in from the dining area. Medium-framed with short salt-and-pepper hair and a mustache, the 64-year-old boasts that he's been drinking coffee since age 5.
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He energetically whisks three teaspoons of sugar into the first muddy froth of Café Bustelo crema to rise from a stovetop Moka pot. Once the remainder percolates, he aerates warmed evaporated milk with the mesh plunger of a French press, combining the ingredients. The resulting cortadito, just a bit larger than an espresso shot, drinks thick, sweet and strong, embodying the stereotypical Latin-American persona.

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FOX21NEWS FOOD TRUCK FORECAST
Family owners, Hector Diaz & Elyse Diaz visit with FOX21NEWS' and offer an inside look into their food truck, Lucy I'm Home. Hector shares the history and ingredients that go into making the famous Cuban sandwich.
FOX21NEWS STUDIO VISITS
LUCY I'M HOME FOOD TRUCK
The crew from FOX21NEWS' Studio stops by the food truck to get a taste of Lucy I'm Home's signature, authentic Cuban sandwich, 'El Cubano'.

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The Diaz family, owners of Lucy I’m Home food truck, has taken over a small kitchen space at 390 N. Circle Drive (two blocks south of East Platte Avenue on Circle Drive). The tiny place is perfect for preparing the delicious Cuban sandwiches and empanadas for takeout. There is a small counter with a few stools for seating.

