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Springfield, MO
YOUR BUSINESS AUTHORITY
Springfield, MO
La Habana Vieja, a Cuban restaurant that's operated on Commercial Street since 2021, is closing its doors.
The 220 E. Commercial St. eatery announced in a Facebook post that today is the restaurant's last day open.
"The kitchen and bar were staffed primarily with Cubans working hard to secure their part of the 'American dream.' However, in recent days, our government has elected to rescind their ability to work, thus forcing their departure from the La Habana Vieja and the USA," reads the post, signed by owners Freddie Flores and Ted Tabor and manager Hope Choate.
Flores could not be reached for comment by deadline.
La Habana Vieja, which translates to “Old Havana,” occupies roughly 6,500 square feet in the C-Street building between Boonville and Robberson avenues.
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I am so sad that the hard working men and women of La Habana Vieja restaurant is being closed by our government. This story hits too close to home for me. My paternal grand dad and his parents emigrated from Germany between the 2 world wars. My great grand dad worked as a porter on the railroad. They lived in North East Arkansas and he rode the train to Chicago some days and New Orleans other days. He was bilingual. And it was all but mandatory along that rail line. Germans and Polish emigrants lived all along the Mississippi River. He worked hard and purchased a tract of land in town that allowed his sons and grand sons to build homes on the land. My grand dad was also bilingual but it was never used except to speak to his mother. In public school, I had friends who had grand parents that only spoke Polish. What would have happened to my generation if our grand parents had all been departed! I truly cry big tears as I read this story.