El Romero

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Cuban chef Alfredo Varela prepares Super Romero, a vegetarian dish at El Romero last month. El Romero charges its Cuban clients just a fraction of the menu's list price. Still, despite its success, 90 percent of El Romero's clients remain foreigners, mostly tourists from Britain, Germany and Holland. (Associated Press)