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Closed for Months, the Coppelia in Cienfuegos Is Now Open a Few Hours a Day, Until the Ice Cream Runs Out

“They limit you to one flavor option and the portion sizes keep getting smaller” 14ymedio, Julio César Contreras, Cienfuegos, 31 August 2024 — Cuba’s Coppelia ice cream parlors are a stark reminder of country’s current economic crisis. Created shortly after Revolution to provide a sense of prosperity and abundance, the outlets, which can be found … Continue reading “Closed for Months, the Coppelia in Cienfuegos Is Now Open a Few Hours a Day, Until the Ice Cream Runs Out”

A Diminished Coppelia Reopens in Havana with Tiny, Bare-Minimum Scoops

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 28 November 2023 – When it comes to ice cream and sweets, Cubans are true believers. On Tuesday, they lined up In front of Coppelia, Havana’s much-diminished “cathedral of ice cream,” which had been closed for several weeks. They had little reason to rejoice, however. The sluggish employees and poor … Continue reading “A Diminished Coppelia Reopens in Havana with Tiny, Bare-Minimum Scoops”

Cuba’s Iconic Ice Cream Parlor Coppelia Closes Because ‘There is No Ice Cream, No Milk, No Sugar’

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 9 November 2023 —  The emblematic Coppelia ice cream parlor, located on L and 23, in the heart of Havana’s El Vedado, is closed on all four sides this Thursday, with the lights off and the tables cleared. Again, as was the case earlier this year, there is no ice … Continue reading “Cuba’s Iconic Ice Cream Parlor Coppelia Closes Because ‘There is No Ice Cream, No Milk, No Sugar’”

Low-Quality Ice Cream Forces Coppelia to Offer Soft Drink and Cookie Combos

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 30 May 2023 —  Even during the worst of the Special Period, people lined up outside its entrances in double rows, waiting to get in. But the days when Coppelia could call itself the “cathedral of ice cream” are long gone. Though it has not had to close like it … Continue reading “Low-Quality Ice Cream Forces Coppelia to Offer Soft Drink and Cookie Combos”

‘Coppelia Ice Cream No Longer Tastes like Milk, But like Soy, Like the Mincemeat’

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 24 March 2022 — “It doesn’t taste like milk, it tastes like a powder that they give to the elderly on the ration book called lactosoy. That’s the flavor,” complains Ernesto, a Havanan at the gates of Coppelia. A local regular and fan of ice cream, the young man went … Continue reading “‘Coppelia Ice Cream No Longer Tastes like Milk, But like Soy, Like the Mincemeat’”

Few Customers at Havana’s Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor After Prices Go Up

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodriguez, Havana, March 19, 2022 — Employees at Havana’s popular Coppelia ice cream parlor reported seeing fewer customers just days before a price increase is scheduled to effect on Tuesday. Although it is common to see dozens of people waiting outside early in the morning to avoid the customary long lines, on … Continue reading “Few Customers at Havana’s Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor After Prices Go Up”

Havana’s Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor Opens a ‘Line for Failures’

14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 3 October 2021 — A week ago the Coppelia ice cream parlor in Havana resumed table service but only for customers with a telephone reservation. The new access mechanism to the ’Cathedral of Ice Cream’ has not prevented the long lines or frustrating waits that have been an inseparable part of the … Continue reading “Havana’s Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor Opens a ‘Line for Failures’”

Cuban Authorities Backtrack on Price Increases for Coppelia Ice Cream

14ymedio, Havana, 4 January 2020 — After hundreds of criticisms in Cuba’s streets and on social networks about the high prices in the popular Coppelia ice cream parlor, which were raised at the beginning of the year, the Government of Havana announced on Monday that the new prices would be lowered, without specifying the details … Continue reading “Cuban Authorities Backtrack on Price Increases for Coppelia Ice Cream”

Ice Cream Flavors are Convoyed* in a ‘Militarized’ Coppelia

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 11 August 2020 — Although Havana has just resumed the most drastic measures to stop the pandemic after the increase in cases of Covid-19 on the island, the Coppelia ice cream parlor has not completely closed its doors. In the middle of August, one of the hottest months of the year, … Continue reading “Ice Cream Flavors are Convoyed* in a ‘Militarized’ Coppelia”

Empty Buses, No Customers for Coppelia, This is How Phase 1 Post-Covid Begins in Havana

14ymedio, Luz Escobar / Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 4 July 2020 — “It seems like a lie to me, I hadn’t waited even five minutes at the bus stop and the bus arrived and best of all, it was practically empty.” In front of the Bus Terminal, Rocío shared her joy when she boarded the P12 … Continue reading “Empty Buses, No Customers for Coppelia, This is How Phase 1 Post-Covid Begins in Havana”

Multitudes and Frustrations at the New Coppelia

14ymedio, Luz Escobar and Yoani Sanchez, Havana, June 26, 2019 — At what has been called the Cathedral of Ice Cream, the faithful wait outside for hours on the day that the Coppelia ice creamery is scheduled to reopen after a weeks-long remodeling. The first day of operation is marked by scenes of people shoving … Continue reading “Multitudes and Frustrations at the New Coppelia”

Coppelia is Ready to Open, All That’s Missing is the Ice Cream

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, 24 June 2019 — Many Havanans had planned to get some relief from the intense heat of this first weekend of summer by buying a tasty ice cream in the renovated Coppelia ice cream parlor, whose public reopening was scheduled for Sunday after an official opening the evening before, but it never … Continue reading “Coppelia is Ready to Open, All That’s Missing is the Ice Cream”

Cuba’s Iconic Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor Loses Flavor

14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, May 28, 2019 — Hugo is nine years old and has never seen a pistachio. But the word sounds so funny that he asks for an ice cream with that flavor in a privately owned spot on the corner of Línea and L streets in Havana. The menu at this small … Continue reading “Cuba’s Iconic Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor Loses Flavor”

Two Months Without Coppelia Ice Cream in Camaguey

Ricardo Fernández, Camagüey, 29 January 2018 — The ice cream parlor Copellia in the city of  Camagüey has become an empty passageway between two main streets. Only the occasional passerby wanders into the empty building to access the Italian restaurant and three small shops on the floors above. At midday the employees take advantage of the calm hour … Continue reading “Two Months Without Coppelia Ice Cream in Camaguey”

In Camaguey Coppelia’s Neighbors Live with Ammonia Leaks

14ymedio, Ricardo Fernandez, 4 December 2017 — Five days after an ammonia leak that kept some people in the city of Camagüey in suspense, the neighbors of the Coppelia ice cream factory fear that the consequences of the spill will be more serious than what has been announced, and they are reproaching the authorities for not … Continue reading “In Camaguey Coppelia’s Neighbors Live with Ammonia Leaks”