And so it ends–well, and begins.

Today marks the end of our general manager Darcy Le Fleming’s waddling through work days.  A few months without her is making everyone around here pretty sad.  (Possibly panicked?  Nah, it’ll be cool.  She made binders and lists and things…)

But then there’s the flipside that’s making everyone as happy as that photo shows – because that also means today marks the any day now beginning of her I’ve-got-a-daughter days!  Will she be a Christmas baby?  Baby New Year?  Who knows… All we do know is she better like corn.

No need to really miss Darcy, though – check this segue – because there just *may* be a 2010 Habana Girls calendar hot off the presses (also any day now) so you can at least catch her in there…!

Always Hungry New York rates Cafe Habana

Cafe Habana  received an A on Always Hungry New York. If you’ve never checked out the site, you can read the review here – and while you are there, check out some of the other fun features of the site like  the Top 5, which has lists of things like the Top 5 Chicken Fried Steaks, Top 5 Deviled Eggs and Top 5 Tator Tots –  I don’t know about you but I’m hungry now.

Check out Cafe Habana on 60by80.com

60by80.com is a new website known as  “the stylish gay travel guide ” they already have several cities listed and Cafe Habana has made it into their New York listings. To read the full review or check out some of the other cities, click  here.

Cafe Habana Malibu in the La Times

Soon you can get a Cafe Habana Cuban on the West coast !!

Malibu Lumber Yard-home of Sean Meenan's first West Coast Cafe Habana

For those of you who haven’t heard, Cafe Habana is opening on the West Coast in the Malibu Lumber Yard early 2010.

The LA times recently featured an interview with Cafe Habana owner Sean Meenan about the new addition and how he came to chose the location with the help of  bar impresario, Rande Gerber. Check out the full post here

Thanks for the kind words Christina!

Recently Christina Diaz from christinadiaz.blogspot.com wrote the most lovely little review of Cafe Habana and also took some photos that really capture the nighttime mood of Cafe Habana. Check out her full post here to see the rest of the photos and make sure you check out her post about  Dio De Los Muertos while you are there – she has some beautiful photos from the Mission District in San Francisco.

Letitia James Peddled a Healthy Message

Letitia James peddles a healthy message

This past Saturday we attended the first annual Fort Greene Food Conference sponsored by Letitia James.  Our own Xiomara Morgan was there with our famous bike blender to show people how easy and fun it can be to whip up a healthy smoothie right at home. The event had a great turn-out and Letitia even got in on the action by peddling a smoothie on our bike blender.

Last Call for 2009 !!! And Halloween Party !!

Halloween at Habana Outpost

This Saturday is our last day of the 2009 season at Habana Outpost and we’ll be celebrating all day with 2 rounds of Haloween parties.

The first party for the 12 and under crowd starts at 12 and goes till 5pm. There will be games, arts and crafts, a dance party , costume contest and of course plenty of candy. It’s all free, so bring your little ghouls and goblins down this Saturday.

The Adult party starts off at 9pm and will continue until 4am – don’t worry about the weather because we’re throwing the party downstairs in the Lowpost where we will have a full bar and Habana’s own DJ Juice E.  Awards for the best costume will be given out at Midnight.

We hope we’ll see you there – if not, thanks making it  another great season at Habana Outpost !!

Elvis Rosa Designs New ID for Fulton Area Business

On the inauguration of the BID (Fulton Area Business Alliance) our very own Elvis Rosa poses next to the new street banner he designed. It will be displayed on Fulton street in November & December of 2009. The newly created FAB Alliance district will serve Fulton Street from Rockwell Place to Classon Avenue.

$40,000 Raised in DDDB Walkathon!

City Councilwoman Letitia James, with oversized coin, led Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn’s walkathon Saturday from Borough Hall to Habana Outpost to protest Atlantic Yards. (courtesy The Local, Fort Greene)

Yup, the walk-a-thon was a great success, almost 200 people marched through Brooklyn that day marking the fifth annual walk to raise funds for their lawsuit against the Atlantic Yards development. There’s a ton of photos and video of the event on the Atlantic Yards Report, as well as here and here. With new political supporters like Letitia James shown above, the people of Brooklyn have proven they are a force to be reckoned with.

March on Brooklyn, march on..!

Promise Christian Academy Visit Habana Outpost

Yesterday, we got a visit from Promise Christian Academy school! Marjorie Purdee and Assistant Director Luz Sora brought their 5th grade Spanish class for an Eco Tour of the Outpost. Led by our manager Xiomara “ZeeZee” Morgan, kids learned about the eco-friendly innovations of Habana Outpost and learned about ways to be more Eco-conscious while having fun. Hurry and bring your friends and/or family for a free eco-tour this month before the end of the season!