Editing Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (section)

== Represented businesses  ==
[[File:Guantanamo Naval Bases McDonalds, on April 2006 -- the 20th anniversary of its opening.png|thumb|The Guantanamo McDonald's restaurant in 2006]]
Despite the prohibition on the establishment of "commercial or other enterprises" as stated in Article 3 of the second part of the lease, several recognized American food outlets have been opened at the military base. Most of the restaurants on the installation are [[Franchising|franchises]] which are owned and operated by the [[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy]].<ref name="MiamiHerald2008-11-27b">{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/586867.html |title=Not just a prison, the Navy sees many uses for Guantanamo |work=[[Miami Herald]] |author=Andrew Selsky |date=27 November 2008 |access-date=28 November 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5chrt2usa?url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/586867.html |archive-date=30 November 2008 }}</ref> Proceeds from these restaurants are used to support [[Morale, Welfare and Recreation]] (MWR) activities for service personnel and their families.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mwr.navy.mil/mwrprgms/brandedfood.htm| title=Branded Food & Beverage Concepts| access-date=22 January 2010| author=Morale, Welfare and Recreation| publisher=U.S. Navy| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414122043/http://mwr.navy.mil/mwrprgms/brandedfood.htm| archive-date=14 April 2009| url-status=dead}}</ref> These restaurants are located inside the base; as such, they are not accessible to Cubans.

A [[Baskin-Robbins]] ice cream stand, which opened in the 1980s, was one of the first [[business franchise]]s allowed on the base.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-12-20-8503280293-story.html |title=  U.S.-CUBAN FACE-OFF JUST DAILY DRUDGERY |newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=20 December 1985| access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> In early 1986, the base added the first and only [[McDonald's]] restaurant within Cuba.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/july-dec03/gbay_10-14.html| title=INSIDE GUANTANAMO| publisher=Online NewsHour| date=14 October 2003| first=Margaret| last=Warner| access-date=15 March 2006| archive-date=15 January 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115172516/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/july-dec03/gbay_10-14.html| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Morris|first=Joseph A.|date=15 November 2002|title=Profession of the Week: McDonald's workers|publisher=[[The Wire (JTF-GTMO)]]|url=http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/wire/WirePDF/v2/TheWire-v2-i23-15Nov02.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=7 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611043608/http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/wire/WirePDF/v2/TheWire-v2-i23-15Nov02.pdf|archive-date=11 June 2012}}</ref> A [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] restaurant was opened in 1987 and closed in 1994 when the [[United States Department of the Navy|Navy Department]] refused to renew the lease.<ref name="Frank N. Pellegrini">{{cite news |author=Pellegrini |first=Frank N. |date=22 November 2002 |title=Monday Night Football at Subway: Open until it is over |url=http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/wire/WirePDF/v2/TheWire-v2-i24-22Nov02.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611043659/http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/wire/WirePDF/v2/TheWire-v2-i24-22Nov02.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2012 |access-date=7 June 2009 |work=[[The Wire (JTF-GTMO)|The Wire]]}}</ref> In 2004, a combined [[KFC]] and [[A&W Restaurants|A&W]] restaurant was opened at the bowling alley and a [[Pizza Hut]] Express was added to the Windjammer Restaurant.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/community/dining.html |title=Dining |access-date=22 January 2009 |publisher=JTF Guantanamo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203104857/http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/community/dining.html |archive-date=3 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> There is also a cafe that sells [[Starbucks]] coffee, and there is a combined KFC and [[Taco Bell]] restaurant.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.eater.com/2010/6/9/6730541/the-military-spent-1-45-million-opening-a-starbucks-and-a-kfc-taco|title=The Military Spent $1.45 Million Opening a Starbucks and a KFC/Taco Bell in Guantanamo Bay|date=9 June 2010| access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref>