There are quite a few reasons to visit the new location of Havana Grill, but two features in particular convinced my wife to join me for lunch. Bear in mind, she’s tagged along on enough of my foodie ...

The new Havana Grill location in Mission Valley. Photo by Luis Monteagudo Jr. Seven years ago, San Diegan Sandra Cardet decided to open a Cuban restaurant in Clairemont Mesa based on recipes passed ...

For Sandra Cardet, Cuban cooking is pretty much all about the sofrito. Cardet, founder and co-owner with her son, Alex Guevara, of the Cuban restaurant Havana Grill, explained that “some people around ...

Running a family-owned business can be hard. It can be even harder when one of the family members is hospitalized the night before the business opens. But that’s exactly what happened to the Torres ...