Around 23rd and 12th Streets in Havana
Photo Feature by Juan Suarez
HAVANA TIMES — Today we center around the famous Havana corner of 23rd and 12 Streets and the surrounding area that includes the street in front of the Colon Cemetery, some popular stores, a cigar factory, movie theater, pizza restaurant and other sites.
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I have spent a lot of time in and around this area. The restaurant named after the famous Cuban movie “Fresa y Chocolat” is also near this corner. The pizza restaurant here serves as decent a pizza as you will find in Cuba. The stores that sell in divisa also have a decent selection at prices no worse than what you’ll find at the Galleria or at Carlos III shopping centers. It is always so sad to imagine how much better off Cuba would be but for the failed Castro-style socialismo that has stifled life in Cuba for the last 55 years.