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La Bodeguita del Medio: Hemingway used to drink here
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  • Updated By tim07 on May 5, 2008
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    Opened in 1942 the restaurant & bar attracts many visitors due to the fact that Ernest Hemingway used to drink here. I had a drink in the small bar area, the walls are covered in pictures & writing from the rich & famous who have visited it. The bar area was quite crowded with tourists & a band playing, a local Cuban beer cost 3 CUC. There are other small rooms there to have a meal, I didn't bother due to the prices & the fact they were pretty crowded too.

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  • Address: Calle Empedrado No. 206. Ciudad de La Habana
  • Directions: A street just off the Plaza de la Catedral
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    La Bodeguita del Medio: For fans only...
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  • Updated By austen1973 on August 16, 2004
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  • We went to la Bodeguita as it was a "must see" in about all the travel books I read and I like Hemingway. So there we were...and honeslty, unless you're a die-hard fan of Hemingway on a pilgrimage the place is really not worth it. The bar is rather small, the decor is original but the mojito had nothing exceptional and the barman was extremely unfriendly and rude.

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  • Address: Calle Empedrado No. 206. Ciudad de La Habana
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    La Bodeguita del Medio: Why not scribble on the wall... any wall!!!!!
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  • By Joseph69 on January 13, 2007
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  • Me writing on the wall! I felt like a child! Haha. - Havana
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    felt like a child! Haha.
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    Well, if you expect extravegant food in Cuba, you have come to the wrong country. I did not find Cuban cuisine anything to write home about, but when you're hungry, you eat! There are numerous spanish-style restaurants, which I found a lot better.

    Anyway, La Bodeguita del Medio has a major significance in Old Havana because it is visited by many famous people. Ernest Hemingway loved it there, and also as recent as Maradona (the Argentinian footballer), who had visited there also.

    One very unique aspect about the restaurant was that you could write on any wall inside. The walls are covered with writing, etc. I even got into the swing of things and wrote a little something too. I drew a Kangaroo albeit not a very good one! LOL. Anyway, we had a lot of fun in there, and I do strongly suggest you take a visit and have a meal.

    We had a mixture of rice/beans, pork, fries, bread and a really simple salad. It all tasted good.

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  • Address: Calle Empedrado No. 206. Ciudad de La Habana
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    La Bodeguita del Medio: too small, too crowded, too expensive
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  • By faq on February 16, 2005
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    I've tried to enter the bar but it was too crowded with histerical tourists. I've checked the prices and I quit.

    too small, too crowded, too expensive

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  • Address: Calle Empedrado No. 206. Ciudad de La Habana
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