old's havana cuban bar & cocina reservations

The menu also offers appetizers, salads, rice dishes, and a dozen seafood and meat entrées. Offerings include familiar dishes such as oysters and ceviche, along with traditional items like the salpicón de mar, a seafood salad with onions, peppers, and capers and the swordfish escabeche, a dish of pickled fried fish flavored with pimentón de la vera, onions, and bell pepper ($4 to $13.50). Living up to its name, the pescadería will offer a raw bar featuring fresh fish delivered daily from the Florida Keys.

'The menu is inspired by a small fishing village in Cojímar, Cuba, where Ernest Hemingway used to keep his boat.'

'We want our dishes to bring memories,' Mena says. Hemingway lived on the island for more than.20 years, which inspired Mena and Rodriguez to create an eatery that pays homage to the writer.įor their Cuban bar and pescadería, Mena and Rodriguez searched for a chef who could fuse Caribbean seafood flavors with modern, homestyle cooking. The name 'Sala’o' comes from Hemingway's classic novel The Old Man and the Sea, which he wrote while in Cuba. Cozy yet opulent, the eatery is adorned with crystal chandeliers, marble accents, and wood finishes. It comes courtesy of the founders of Old Havana Cuban Bar & Cocina, a neighborhood staple located a few blocks away.Įliesteban Mena and Oscar Rodriguez say the 2,300-square-foot restaurant has been designed to transport guests to 1940s Cuba while channeling Hemingway's home outside Havana. Fans of Ernest Hemingway and Cuban fare can have both when Sala'o Cuban Bar & Pescadería opens this Monday, May 27, in Little Havana.

Old's havana cuban bar & cocina reservations