Sushi night at La Casa restaurant

100 Restaurant Rules Reconsidered

La Casa Restaurant

Southfork Kitchen has been open for almost six months. Sussing out a summer season that looms large, I thought it might be instructive to a look at my 100 rules to see which ones were pie-in-the-sky and which ones still hold water, which ones were idealistic foam and which ones have stood up to the reality of Saturday nights.

La Casa: the Mystery of Success*

Restaurant La Casa, view from the street

The day of the opening of La Casa restaurant on August 3rd, 1995, was the last peaceful day at the Robainas. It was the beginning of private initiative in Cuba, and uncertainty marked the future of the new entrepreneurs who launched into adventure in a country in the midst of a crisis, ruled by a government which was traditionally reluctant to any enterprise outside the state frontiers.

Five Reasons to eat at La Casa Restaurant

#1 in Trip Advisor

Sometimes I wonder, in the midst of the daily activity at the restaurant, why Cubans and foreigners have chosen La Casa as their favorite place in Havana for more than 15 years. They have chosen it, whether for lunch or dinner, in order to taste Cuban cuisine or international cuisine. It is easy for you to believe you are the best for this or that reason, while missing the characteristic features which distinguish this restaurant and make it a referent in the gastronomic map of the city.

Christopher Baker visits La Casa Restaurant

Reid Callanan (left) and Christopher Baker (center) at La Casa

Last Thursday Restaurant La Casa welcomed a very special visit: journalist Christopher Baker, from the United States, one of the renowned experts in the travel world.