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Palmas

At first it never seems that this restaurant even exists, it is hidden behind many shops. From the outside Los Dos Palmas looks like any ordinary Cuban café. Once you step inside there are many tables and friendly faces that greet you. Choose a table, sit down, glance through the menu, and order. The many paintings on the walls and the, "At home," feeling helps draw in many customers. A person could be waiting up to half an hour for a table, not only is the food excellent but the price and service are equally magnificent.
Patrons enjoy the fact that this is a family run business and has been running this way for the past twenty years. The restaurant owner, Hector Gonzalez, inherited the restaurant from his father. The late Julio Gonzalez came to this country from Cuba forty years ago. He struggled for many years and was finally able to open this restaurant and support his family, who are now in charge of the restaurant. The waiters, chefs, hostesses, and bus boys are all family or reliable friends of the family. Hector jokes around by saying, "Sure we have our days. Sometimes I feel like strangling some of them, but we're family, I have to love them." Walking into the restaurant you can feel the love and dedication that they put in their service. Everyone is always kind, smiling, and willing to crack a joke or two. One waitress, Maria, likes to believe that everyone that walks in the door is a part of this one big family, that has been building itself slowly throughout the years. Like every family, there are the occasional times when arguments arise, but they never let it interfere with their work.
This restaurant serves many Cuban cuisines and desserts.   Breakfast consists of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, and cuban bread and butter. Like any Cuban restaurant, what would it be without Cuban coffee and espresso? If breakfast is not what you are craving the chef is willing to make anything else on the menu. Like pan con bisteque, ox tail, or rice and...