Old Havana Caf\u00e9<\/a> opened its doors this year. The neighborhood spot brings Cuban caf\u00e9 culture to Martin County, with a focus on what many locals crave most: coffee and pastries worth lingering over. At the heart of the caf\u00e9 is owner Chef Chuchi Rivero, a Cuban-born, Miami-raised chef whose path to hospitality took an unconventional turn through film and television. Before opening Old Havana Caf\u00e9, Rivero spent decades working as an award-winning cinematographer and even directed the Telemundo cooking competition MasterChef Latino\u2014experiences that exposed him to celebrated chefs and shaped his culinary perspective.<\/p>\n![\"Chef](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chef-Chuchi-serves-up-a-taste-of-Havana-at-his-new-Stuart-spot-252x300.jpg\")
Chef Chuchi serves up a taste of Havana at his new Stuart spot.<\/p>\n
Those influences now show up in a more relaxed setting: morning service built around caf\u00e9 con leche, strong Cuban espresso, and classic pastries like guava-filled pastelitos that pair naturally with conversation. The caf\u00e9 evolved from Rivero\u2019s popular Canadian food trucks before returning to Florida for its first brick-and-mortar location.<\/p>\n
While sandwiches and savory Cuban favorites appear later in the day, breakfast sets the tone. Regulars stop in for coffee, flaky pastries, and a quick start before work or the beach, often settling in long enough to turn a grab-and-go visit into something slower.<\/p>\n
Open mornings through early afternoon, Old Havana Caf\u00e9 channels the easy rhythm of a neighborhood ventanita\u2014proof that sometimes the best way to begin the day is simply with strong coffee, something sweet, and a little Cuban hospitality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From the mini cafecito to the mid-size colada and cortadito, all the way to the large cafe\u0301 con…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-262181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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From the mini cafecito to the mid-size colada and cortadito, all the way to the large cafe\u0301 con leche (and beyond).<\/p>\n