Paladares in Havana

• Paladar Directory
  
  Directory of paladares in Cuba.
• Decameron Paladar
  
  Information page about Decameron paladar in Havana Cuba.
• La Fontana Paladar
  
  Information page about La Fontana paladar in Havana.
• Los Amigos Paladar
  
  Los Amigos paladar in Havana.
• Nerei Paladar
  
  Paladar Nerei, private restaurant in Havana Cuba.
• History of Paladares in Cuba
  
  Information written by Ted Henken about the history of paladares, private restaurants in Cuba.
• Taxes on Paladares
  
  This page features information about taxes Cuban entrepreneurs have to pay on their private restaurants, also known as paladares in Cuba.

These small, private restaurants in people's homes feature 20 seats or less and have been sprouting up like flowers in Havana. However, in May of 2011, the Cuban government allowed paladares to have up to 50 seats and according to Granma, authorities are also studying whether state-controled real estate could be put to better use by renting it out to private restaurant owners, a measure that could dramatically increase the size and marketability of the new establishments.

In neighborhoods such as Vedado and Miramar, close to embassies, five-star hotels and business offices it is not uncommon to spot more than one paladar on the same block. Thanks to Ted Henken for posting about Paladares in Cuba.

A documentary on three paladares, privately owned restaurants run out of the home in Havana, Cuba. Paladares offer the Cuban people a rare oppurtunity for private enterprise in the evolving economy.

Hundreds of paladares have opened up since the beginning of 2011 and that figure promises to double by the summer and may pose a serious threat to Cuban government run restaurants.

Video visit to a paladar near La Catedral in Habana Vieja

Emily Henke goes into greater detail with a study on Cuban Paladares and Private Enterprise.

Although this is from 2008, Anita Snow from the AP wrote up a great summary about paladares in Havana under the much less free system and there is this article from 2006 from Cuba Absolutely about paladares in Cuba that talks about the challenges of being a small business in Communist Cuba. The article also lists the top five Havana paladares from that time.