Ajiaco Café

Ajiaco Café, a restaurant owned by award-winning sommelier Pedro Eugenio Tejeda, his wife, Zudlay Napoles Patterson, and Alexis Garcia Bou, and managed by Pedro and Zulay, was one of the earliest private dining establishments in Cuba to be a stand-alone business and not part of a home. The name comes from two traditional Cuban symbols: ajiaco stew and coffee. Ajiaco Café treats diners to a complimentary platter of appetizers that include vegetable empanadas, fish croquettes, yuca, and ham fritters. Cuban families dine among foreign travelers visiting the nearby Finca Vigía, Hemingway’s former home, which is now a national shrine to the author who spent much of his life in Cuba.