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La Tasquita

Style of food: Cuban/Creole

Cost: Expensive

Type of place: Paladar (private)

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Jovellar No. 160 entre Espada y San Francisco

(+53)7879 - 8647

Open noon-midnight

This is a classic old-school Cuban paladar, which offers authentic charm in a Cuban kitsch Centro Habana way. Although some of the dishes are ridiculously overpriced (CUC 8-12), the owner is lovely, which almost makes up for it and, besides, for visitors to Cuba, this is an opportunity to see inside a real authentic Cuban house.

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