The walkway ends at San Rafael and Avenida de Italia (Galiano) where there is a small park always crowed with folks using wifi. Further down on San Rafael is a pizza shop (whole, toppings-heavy pizzas for 60 CUP, just over $2), sandwich shops (10-20 CUP each), and other food. The chicken and chips box cost 50 CUP (which is about $2). One spot on the corner of Amistad and San Rafael is (or was?) actually a jewelry shop called Joyeria Francesca but on the Amistad side, there’s a window where you can walk up and order some delicious freshly fried chicken and plantain chips, some sort of croquettes and a variety of other street food. Only locals hang out there and all the prices are in CUP, a good indicator that the food is local food, though you can pay in CUC at some places. This little section of the city is a pedestrian-only street and there are several walk-up food shops here. Street Food on San Raphael between Amistad and Avenida de Italia (Galiano) No thanks.īottom line on restaurants: If a local on the street wants you to follow him to a restaurant, don’t. We walked out almost as soon as we walked in. Well, fail, because the place he escorted us to was exactly the same deal.
He insisted it was a different place and the food was good and not anything like La Familia. The next night when another local tried the same hustle, I told him in Spanish about La Familia and that we’d already fallen for it. The locals undoubtedly receive some sort of kickback for bringing unsuspecting tourists in. Menu items in Old Havana should not be 14 and 15 CUC and higher even. It wasn’t until we were in and seated that we noticed everyone there eating was foreign and that all subsequent diners were also brought in by a local, just like we were. They say they know a great spot and walk with you the block or two to La Familia.
And when I say “be taken”, I mean there are locals who stand around on the street, ask if you’re looking for dinner and then chat you up all friendly.
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