Havana Scenes - Paladar - Page 5

Privately owned small restaurants have always existed in Cuba. Until the 1990s they were illegal, but the fall of the USSR and consequent economic crisis in Cuba forced the government to make the economic reforms of 1993. One of the items in those reforms was the legalization of privately owned small businesses as restaurants. We were fortunate to eat in what "Tripadvisor" rates as the best Palador in Miramar, La Fontana. Miramar is a beautiful suburb of Havana which was once home to the wealthy.

Inside La Fontana