Like many of the restaurants of Torrance, Habana Vieja sits in a location where you might not expect to find a Cuban restaurant. It’s in a mini-mall dominated by the Torrance branch of Ramen ...

In her café-con-leche-flavored memories, she knew she was of Cuban heritage, but she knew nothing of Cuba. My wife, Eileen Santa Cruz Osinski, grew up in Ybor City, the Cuban-American enclave of Tampa ...

Skipping Old Havana is tantamount to missing Parliament if you're in London or the Eiffel Tower if you're in Paris. This picturesque neighborhood is not just iconic to Havana and Cuba, but also to the ...

I’m sitting in a taxi, speeding along the Malecon with windows down. The night air smells heavy with salt; the few lights that mark Old Havana sparkle in the distance. My driver had urged me — oddly — ...

American tourists in Cuba can’t bring Cohiba’s Siglo VI back to the States. Our advice? Smoke ’em when you get ’em. Every Casadel Habano cigar shop in Havana – there are nine in the capital – is its ...