El Floridita Restaurant
1253 Vine St
Los AngelesCA90038
Payment Methods: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club
Closed
- Sunday
- 11:00am-9:00pm
- Monday
- 11:00am-9:00pm
- Tuesday
- 11:00am-9:00pm
- Wednesday
- 11:00am-9:00pm
- Thursday
- 11:00am-9:00pm
- Friday
- 11:00am-9:00pm
- Saturday
- 11:00am-9:00pm
- Average Rating
- Total Reviews
- (96)
Recommended
1
Not Recommended
0
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Description
El Floridita Restaurant can be found at Vine St 1253. The following is offered: Entertainment Venues. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Los Angeles there are 59 other Entertainment Venues. An overview can be found here.
Tips
When to Go: Call ahead and make reservations.
Save Money: Lunch specials, usually between $7 and $8, are offered daily and change frequently.
Editorial Reviews
El Floridita Restaurant Review:
Armando J. Castro founded this Havana-like Cuban supper club in 1987. The drinks are cool, the food is hot and so is the live weekend salsa music. Start with the empanadas filled with ground beef or chicken and served with plantain chips. The menu offers Cuban greatest hits like the ropa vieja (“old clothes” in Spanish) --- shredded beef sautéed with tomatoes, garlic and spices; breaded, fried...
The rhythm is going to get you if the mojitos and classic Cuban dishes don't.:
In Short
Taking its name from a Havana landmark once frequented by Ernest Hemingway and John Wayne, this supper club offers Cuban classics to another generation of Americans. Lunch is the...
Taking its name from a Havana landmark once frequented by Ernest Hemingway and John Wayne, this supper club offers Cuban classics to another generation of Americans. Lunch is the...
Information from the business
First established in Habana, Cuba in 1820 as "La Piña de Plata" (The Silver Pineapple), then in 1898 being renamed "La Florida", the place was finally christened and referred to as "La Floridita" by its customers. To Hemingway, the restaurant was his favorite place as is depicted by the following excerpt from author Norberto Fuentes' book Hemingway in Cuba."In those days he became acquainted as...
El Floridita Cuban Restaurant offers the most authentic and exciting Cuban experience in all of Los Angeles. Live music, Latin dancing, delicious food, and a great atmosphere!
