We found this menu, complete with food stains, in Executive Vice President Gaynor Jacobson’s files on Cuba. The menu itself is, alas, undated, but we think it’s from around 1968.
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Doubt that it is 1968 menu,. Castro came to power in 1959 and I know that the owners left around 1961
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Thank you for the information – most helpful.
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I believe the owner was arrested by the Castro regime, and may have died in prison. He was suspected of being a Batista supporter, according to individuals I know that lived near the restaurant in the late 50’s.
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Not so. The owner was Reizel Weinstein. She left Cuba for Miami.I know because she is related to my wife (on her fathet’s side) and lived with my wife’s family in the ’60s.
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So interesting, and very sad. Do you remember the name of the owner?
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Reizel Weinstein, she lived out her life in Miami. My wife is related to her…
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My father-in-law lived on Inquisadora, near Acosta, where the restaurant was located. He claimed that someone that managed the restaurant was accused of being pro-Batista and jailed.
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Thanks very much Paul for this additional information. It sounds like the entire Jewish population in Cuba in the 50s knew the restaurant. Was there ever a version of it in Miami?
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No, there was not. The owner, Reizel, was my grandmother. Paul’s wife is my cousin.
My grandmother lived with us after leaving Havana. She catered from the house. She was an amazing woman with great inner strength. She is very missed.
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Lowell, your father in law may of lived in calle inquisidor. The closest cross street to 211 Acosta was Compostela street. Boris Kalmanovitch from café Boris was a collaborator with the Batsta government. Killed on March 11, 1958. His three killers were apprehended and executed by the Batista police 13 days later.
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