Miami thought this guayabera shop was another victim of the pandemic, but it’s back
- Victoria Guerrero
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min read
By Sarah Moreno originally published by Miami Herald (click here to see the full interview)
There are businesses that are such a part of Calle Ocho’s landscape that if something threatens them, Miamians feel like the ground is moving. In July of last year, La Casa de las Guayaberas — the store that Ramón Puig turned into an emporium of that very Cuban garment — announced it was closing due to the pandemic and many feared the loss of a business that serves as testament to the enterprising spirit of that first generation of Cubans to arrive in the 1960s.
But his son Louis Puig was not going to waste a lifetime of effort by the King of Guayaberas, who triumphed twice — first in Cuba and then in the United States.
