"An outdoor mural of a smiling Celia Cruz welcomes you to this Cuban restaurant, where they host live Afro-Cuban jazz on the weekends. People start filing in on Fridays and Saturdays around 7pm, just in time to get a dinner order in before the music starts at 7:30pm. Whether you go for the tender, tomato-heavy ropa vieja, a classic yellow arroz con pollo, or one of the seafood paellas with saffron-scented rice, it’s definitely a good idea to eat a bunch of meat before you spend the rest of your night by the bar, drinking mojitos and dancing around waiters. " - neha talreja, sonal shah, hannah albertine