Cuban cuisine draws upon the island nation's natural surroundings, igniting meats with native spices, sweetening stews with fresh plantains, and inflating breads with beach-ball extract. Taste the Caribbean with today’s Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of Cuban fare at Habana.
The manifestation of Cuban transplants Ron and Yasbel Flores, Habana culls from old family recipes and classic cocktail concoctions to craft a menu steeped in traditional Cuban flavors. Best-selling item lechon asado steeps tender pork shoulder overnight in garlic ($13.75), protecting it from hungry vampires, and the signature sandwich, the cubano, presses ham, roast pork, and swiss cheese between thick slices of cuban bread ($8.75). Spicy tomato sauce drizzles over cubed beef and potatoes ($11.50), and seasoned cracker meal encrusts chicken breast sweetened with pineapple salsa ($13.50). The quimbombo ($11.50) eschews meat for fresh vegetables, bulking up an okra stew with peppers, onion, and chunks of plantains ripened by attending a seminar on 401(k)s.
Our customers loved this deal last year, earning Habana a spot on Groupon’s Best of 2011 list.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Writing an Urban Legend
Everyone secretly wants to believe in scary stories that might be true. Indulge your friends' gullibility with these tips to crafting the perfect urban legend:
• Make sure the story takes place somewhere nearby, on a similar night—ideally exactly 100 years ago to the night. Or on the devil’s birthday.
• Always include an animal that turns out to be a different animal or an animal where one does not belong—like a dog that is actually a rat, or an alligator in the bathroom of the Museum of Alligator Safety.
• Tweak the details—it's only a few letters’ difference to change "gardener" to "murderer," and only a small white lie to change "was valued by the community" to "possessed double hook hands and a thirst for marrow."
• Always carry "proof"—this can be a monster's tooth carved from soap, a faded newspaper article created in Photoshop, or a scrap of the victim's clothing that is actually just a scrap of clothing you ripped off a terrified hiker you chased through the woods.
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