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Florodita, Havana
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Florodita: El Floridita
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  • Updated By Kaspian on October 21, 2005
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    El Floridita (2004)
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    El Floridita was author Ernest Hemingway's favourite bar in Havana. He drank often there and in great volume with Hollywood stars like Errol Flynn, Gary Cooper, Ava Gardner, Tennessee Williams, and Spencer Tracy. Photos of the old times can be found on the walls. The bar opened around 1910. It became "the home of the daiquiri" with the hiring of a master mixer bartender, Constantino Ribalaigua, in 1914. El Floridita, called "La Florida" at the time, is where daiquiris as we know them were invented by Ribalaigua who was inspired by Hemingway's desire for a cool drink of rum and grapefruit juice . A chain protects Papa Hemingway's old seat and a bronze statue of the author leans against the bar surveying the crowd. I found this kind of creepy--like drinking with a dead man. The decor inside is rich in warm red and brown earthy colours, lots of wood trim; columns frame a painting of old Havana. The placed is unchanged since the 1930s; the waiters wear period red jackets and ties. The lights are dim and it is an extremely cozy place to sit and relax. The doorman was very gracious, friendly, and helpful. It didn't take long to get our first daiquiris, but we had to wait for a long, long time to get our second ones. They were very expensive, $8 each. The bartenders seemed surly, people waited patiently to get their attention for another round. Very historic, you have to do it. Papa's been waiting at the bar since 1961 for another round.

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  • Theme: Eating and Drinking
  • Address: Calle Obispo No. 557 esq. a Monserrate
  • Phone: ++53 7 63.10.60
  • Directions: Corner of Obispo Street and Monserrate Street, in Old Havana.
  • Website: http://www.elfloridita.net

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    Florodita: Famous Floridita
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  • By Oana_bic on January 25, 2006
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    Do confirm 30 types of Daiquiri, the ones that we tried really delicious the most expensive cocktails that we had in Cuba - around €6 each... the place was bit deserted though in the evening when the tourists flows were gone back to Varadero - specially in comparison to the other popular local bars.

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  • Directions: Everyone knows.
  • Website: http://www.floridita-cuba.com/

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    Florodita: FLORIDITA Another place where...
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  • By SirRichard on August 25, 2002
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  • Florodita - Havana
    by SirRichard
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    FLORIDITA Another place where Hemingway got drunk!! Home of the world famous Daikiri. Calle Obispo, 557 in the corner of Monserrate, in Old Havana. Ph.: 63-1111, 63-1060.

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    Florodita: Daiquiris and dinner at...
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  • By ROD410 on August 26, 2002
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    Daiquiris and dinner at Floridita. Feel like a gangster in Havanas 40s and 50s.

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  • Theme: Eating and Drinking
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