Downtown Lansing Cuban restaurant to expand, open new location near MSU

EAST LANSING - The owner of a Cuban restaurant that got its start as a local food truck before transitioning to a brick-and-mortar business in downtown Lansing will open a second location near Michigan State University later this month.

Iliana Tamayo opened La Cocina Cubana in a storefront at 123 S. Washington Square in late 2017, offering up a menu inspired by dishes she grew up eating in Cuba. Eight years later, she's poised to open a second location at 219 E. Grand River Ave. in East Lansing.