A warm, diner-style venue with grandmotherly waitresses, a wall image of Castillo del Morro (a fortress guarding Havana Bay), and a guarapo, a small mill used to squeeze juice from sugar cane. The menu boasts everyday specials for $5.79, among them a generous size of skirt steak sprinkled with Italian parsley and served with white rice and black beans. The beans flourish with chunky pieces of green peppers and onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Meals are also served with slices of toasted and buttered Cuban bread; fried, sticky, sweet plantains; tostones (fried green plantains) or salad. There's a rice and bean special every day for $5.79, so use leftover change for an icy glass of sugar cane juice ($1.85). the venue is open from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. In most local Haitian restaurants, the most popular styles of rice and beans are diri kole ak pwa wouj (red beans and rice), diri ak djondjon (black rice), and diri blan sos pwa noir (white rice with pureed red bean sauce).