Mesón de la Plaza

Frommer's Review

Set on one of Sancti Spíritus's most attractive plazas, this handsome 1850s house is open to the street and features two rooms with high ceilings and picnic-style tables with benches. The restaurant is very clean, well managed, and popular, especially with a lunchtime tourist crowd. It breaks out of the Cuban restaurant doldrums with a couple of house specialties: garbanzo soup with bacon, pork, and sausage; and ropa vieja (shredded beef), served here in an earthenware pot. Those two dishes plus a glass of sangria make for a very good meal, but you might also opt for grilled shrimp or fish filet with tamarind sauce. Note: The restaurant is apt to close early at night, around 9pm, if there are no customers.

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