During his stay in Hotel Ambos Mundos Ernest Hemingway came often drink a Daiquiri cocktail at El Floridita
Sometimes he drank along with Errol Flynn, Gary Cooper, John Wayne
or Ava Gardner
A short walk from his hotel Ambos Mundos was the bar El Floridita in the shopping street Calle Obispo 557
Hemingway was not the only famous customer in this bar
For many generations Cuban and foreign intellectuals and artists were also like to drink their cocktail here
Little has changed since that time to the Regency-style bar
It still has the atmosphere of the fifties and the bartenders still wear their red coats and make the famous cocktails
Besides cocktails El Floridita is also known for its (expensive) seafood
Most people who come to visit the bar drink a daiquiri and like to taste a bit of the atmosphere left by "Papa" Hemingway as the Cubans called him
Hemingway was a connoisseur of cocktails and sat at the bar to see how the cocktails were made
Hemingway has had a significant impact on this bar
Therefore, there is a statue erected in his honor in his favorite chair at the bar and there are pictures of him on the wall
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon the bar is usually filled with people who wants together with Hemingway on the photo
There`s every day a delicious Cuban band and it`s very cozy to stay here
The bar is known as "La Cuna del daiquiri" or "The cradle of the daiquiri"
"The bartender Constantino Ribalaigura Vert is credited with inventing the frozen daiquiri in the early thirties
The bar was a school of highly trained bartenders
El Floridita is specialized in the preparation of cocktails with
fresh juices and rum
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