Café Habana Malibu x Gourmet Quattro

Posted on 24. May, 2010 by bespokeordie in Miscellaneous, New

I will never forget my first trip to New York years ago when I was in college. I was so overwhelmed by the city, the hordes of people, and the towering buildings reaching farther up into the sky than I had ever seen before. On my first day there visiting my friend at NYU we walked over to 17 Pierce Street where I had my first taste of Café Habana. The tiny seemingly overcrowded venue was not only packed full of celebrities sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with regular folk, but the wonderful smell of arroz con pollo sent my olfactory senses into overdrive. The memories are as fond as memories can come, so imagine my delight when I found out that this Memorial Day 2010 Café Habana will be opening a west coast location in Malibu, California. The site will be Malibu’s first solar powered restaurant. Complete with reborn wood benches from New York City’s Coney Island boardwalk and an actual antique bar inside the restaurant from Deadwood, South Dakota riddled with bullet holes. A custom roof top mint garden for mojitos and completely eco-friendly uniforms created by local designers using recycled denim and cotton (i.e. Rogue Territory Denim aprons) are many more unique touches make this a place you have to visit. To commemorate the event Gourmet, who took their name from the culinary world to denote high quality, whipped up 24 pairs of custom 100% cotton canvas Quattro hightop sneakers that are just as drool worthy as the food. Do yourself a favor and try the Cuban Sandwich, it is stupid tasty. Just stupid.