Cafe Habana - Malibu, California

left-right, top-bottom: sangria, margarita, mexican style corn, guac - all of which I highly recommend.

Cafe Habana has long topped my list of New York favorites,

so I had to swing by their new restaurant in Malibu while I was in town.

The look is very different, but the food, drink & cool factor are all right there.

I'm not the only one who thinks so, either.

When I was there in June with friends, we asked a fellow patron to take our photo.

While he was clicking away, we suddenly realized who he was.

Wonder if he loves the Mexican style corn & sangria as much as I do?

below: katrina took a huge bite of chili powder, hence the facial expressions.