The Five: Restaurants owned by moms
Picks by Leslee-Komaiko
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Famed Cuban-born chef Xiomara Ardolina creates exquisite Latin cuisine in a lovely space designed to evoke old Havana. The feel of the place is upbeat with jazzy music, soft lighting, indoor and outdoor seating and a balcony that overlooks the main dining room. Ardolina's food focuses on the flavors of Cuba, Spain, Central and South America and her bar cranks out some of the best mojitos in town with a machine that presses fresh sugar cane into juice on the spot.
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Xiomara is a place that is perfectly fine but I have always left feeling like I really didn't get my money's worth. The service is polite, the food is fine,...

My husband and I recently went to Xiomara on a Thursday night and found it to be good, but really overpriced. Admittedly, the mojitos are tasty. I started...
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