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FROM
CUBA
Cafe or cafeteria, but no coffee to be had
HAVANA, June 30 (Reinaldo Cosano Alén
/ www.cubanet.org) - Cubans are as likely
as not to shorten the name "cafeteria"
to "cafe" in reference to said
establishments. Residents of Palma Soriano
say the Nuevo Mundo can be called by either
name, but is neither.
"It's a cafeteria or cafe only in
name," said Walter Leyte-Vidal. "They
never have coffee, even though our province
[Santiago de Cuba] is one of the main producers
in the country. They don't even have water!
If you go in asking for water, most likely
they'll say there is none. In the rare case
they do have it, there'll be another problem:
they'll have no cups. Which, by the way,
they sell for 2.50 pesos."
The Nuevo Mundo is centrally located in
this city of 30,000 and used to be a fashionable
spot to eat and meet people. Lately, said
Leyte-Vidal, they very seldom have anything
to offer customers.
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