Yanetsi Azahares, 28, owner of the Gelato House, a high-end ice cream cafe on the Havana waterfront, said she was already thinking about the visit's impact on Cuban tourism.
Then grab a table at Ice Box Cafe (1657 Michigan Avenue, 305-538-8448; www.iceboxcafe.com), just around the corner, where you can keep one eye on the decadent multitudes and the other on a display of decadent desserts.
Among the house-made desserts, a molten chocolate cake released a heaven-sent explosion of chocolate that melted in the mouth, while the profiteroles filled with ice creams (cafe au lait and vanilla) under an avalanche of velvety chocolate sauce were certainly the lightest, freshest, most cloudlike pastry puffs we have enjoyed in years.
There will also be an ice bar, cafe and restaurant, and related shops.
Jordana Zizmor: Why did you name your restaurant The Ice Box Cafe?
Hi-Dive, Lost Lake, Abyssinia Ethiopian Café, Linger, Table 6, Zorba's, Ice Ranch, Sputnik, Cafe Europa, Meadowlark, Tacos y Salsas, Hot Chick-a-latte.
At that point I was meant to be developing my father's ice-cream cafe into a global concern, but I spent all my time in the stockroom playing slide guitar.
Fish restaurants, pizzerias, (try Toto Sapore for its €10 giant specials) and ice-cream cafes are busy and atmospheric.
Mail order Primrose Cafe Ice Cream 1 Boyces Avenue, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4AA, 0117 9466577 primrosecafe.co.uk Ice creams, sorbets and frozen yoghurts, hand-made on the premises using fresh, local ingredients and organic milk from Manor Farm in Dorset, with the most wonderful flavours: caramel and maple fudge, lemon cheesecake and chocolate and chilli.
New York, I didn't come here for ice cream or cafe latte or bike lanes.
In September, the sculptor Emilio Hernández opened Casa Pájaro y Emilio Hernández, a combination art gallery, cafe, ice cream shop and wine bar (Calle de la Media Luna 10-113; 575-660-6801; casapajaroartegelatoycafe.blogspot.com).blogspot.com
