He sipped a daiquiri – a cocktail invented here and Papa’s favorite libation – next to a full-size bronze of the author. Tacky, sure, but what the hell. According to legend, a bartender (cantinero) named Constantino Ribalaigua Vert was the first to blend rum, lime juice and sugar into a sweet concoction he called Daiquiri after a mine and beach in Santiago de Cuba. Earnest Hemingway favored the sugarless version named Papa Doble. In 2003, Cuban artist José Villa Soberón sculpted the life-size statue of Papa at the end of the bar.
