Trader Vic's/Polinesio, Havana, Cuba (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Nov 5, 2008 2:55 PM Indeed! And get this book :D : http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=29208&forum=12 ..because it has maps and photos of many of the remaining 20th Century sites in it. Soooon all this will be easier to explore for Americans, too...finally! Thank you for some of the detailed photos. You gotta love how they, in lieu of real Tapa, hand-painted the Tapa patterns on the walls. The fact that this place is so empty and the bar/restaurant is only "so so" is in part due to the sad situation that the main stairs that are leading down from the Havana Libre lobby (where there are signs to the restaurant!) have been closed for some years now, because some plaster fell from the ceiling over them. As things go in communist Havana, if something brakes, it doesn't get repaired soon, but sits there. The entrance from the street level is hard to see, and there is little foot traffic on that street, so no one sees it and it is often empty. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-11-06 07:25 ]

Indeed! And get this book :D :
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=29208&forum=12

..because it has maps and photos of many of the remaining 20th Century sites in it.
Soooon all this will be easier to explore for Americans, too...finally!

Thank you for some of the detailed photos. You gotta love how they, in lieu of real Tapa, hand-painted the Tapa patterns on the walls. The fact that this place is so empty and the bar/restaurant is only "so so" is in part due to the sad situation that the main stairs that are leading down from the Havana Libre lobby (where there are signs to the restaurant!) have been closed for some years now, because some plaster fell from the ceiling over them. As things go in communist Havana, if something brakes, it doesn't get repaired soon, but sits there. The entrance from the street level is hard to see, and there is little foot traffic on that street, so no one sees it and it is often empty.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-11-06 07:25 ]

Post #417464 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Nov 5, 2008 2:55 PM