Pick a paladar and check the bill before you pay
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Locals steer visitors to paladares, the privately run and often family-owned restaurants, rather than state dining rooms, which can be slower and short of fresh ingredients. Order the classics such as ropa vieja, tostones or moros y cristianos, and look for the street-food windows called ventanitas when you want a quick snack. Read the menu before you sit down and check the bill, because a service charge of around ten percent is often added.
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Pick a paladar and check the bill before you payPaladares across Habana Vieja, Centro Habana and Vedado
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