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La Luz Restaurant Cafe. Photo by L.Calvo

La Luz Restaurant Cafe. Photo by L.Calvo

La Luz Restaurant Café, in the touristic Old Havana, is the only state owned restaurant I know of that offers its services in Cuban pesos, i.e. CUP.

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Delicious pasta at Rossini

Delicious pasta at Rossini

The Rossini Restaurant is part of a commercial complex known among those in Havana as 5th and 42, where there are stores, boutiques, cafés, a bakery, a market, and a toy store, among other establishments.

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Mid-day Sunday, during low-tourism season, and Lluvia de Oro is almost full. Photo by L. Calvo.

Mid-day Sunday, during low-tourism season, and Lluvia de Oro is almost full. Photo by L. Calvo.

It doesn´t show up on any list of grand or most renowned Havana restaurants, but it should.

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Seafood soup

Seafood soup

I confess, it had been a long time since I last visited this place, but with the intentions of staying up-to-date and giving objective commentaries, I went this past Monday, where to my complete surprise, it was full of nationals at around 2:30 p.m.

Through looking around, investigating, conversing and and checking out the menu, I found the reason: the whole atmosphere is geared toward sports, which the majority of Cubans love, particularly baseball, soccer and basketball.

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