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Cuban restaurant in Jamaica Plain closes forever

By adamg on Thu, 04/14/2022 - 11:54am

Jamaica Plain News reports the demise of Old Havana on Centre Street.

Neighborhoods: 
Jamaica Plain
Topics: 
Dining
Free tagging: 
Hyde Square
Cuban food
Centre Street


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Comments

By Gary C on Thu, 04/14/2022 - 1:50pm.

It's sad that a restaurant that has been around for a long time can find itself out of business "like that" if the landlord decides he wants more money.

By anon on Thu, 04/14/2022 - 1:55pm.

made a better offer.

By Homer Bedloe on Thu, 04/14/2022 - 2:23pm.

That’s too bad, although I haven’t seen that in any news reports.

By Gary C on Thu, 04/14/2022 - 3:47pm.

A source who spoke with the restaurant's owner told Jamaica Plain News that their lease was not renewed. The owners said there was no plan to move the restaurant to another location.

I suppose this could mean something different, but I read it as, "The landlord jacked the rent way up, so we can't afford to stay."

By DanRiccio on Fri, 04/15/2022 - 7:14am.

Along time? 9 years, and it wasn’t that great. There aren’t that many Cubans in JP anymore. 70s/80s tons of Cubans and Puerto Ricans. Now, ur lucky to find a pair in JP.

By Betty on Thu, 04/14/2022 - 3:30pm.

very sad to heat this news....

By anon on Thu, 04/14/2022 - 8:37pm.

More empty neglected commercial space. Did they fill the long empty Rent a Center space? What about the decaying Blessed Sacrament?

By MC Slim JB on Fri, 04/15/2022 - 10:57am.

business. I have to say I was nervous for them from day one, as there were already two established Cuban restaurants just a few blocks away. When the urge strikes me, I usually end up at El Oriental de Cuba, which I've been back to since the end of lockdown and found to be still great.

By CH on Fri, 04/15/2022 - 12:49pm.

I loved this place. I hope the owners and employees land on their feet.

By cubanita on Fri, 04/22/2022 - 11:20am.

Nooooo! I'm so sad. That was the only place in Boston where the food tasted like home.