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some nights and flat-screen TVs showing the current game. It's a good spot to watch the
rush-hour traffic crawl by in the company of an after-work crowd.
Un Lugar Resto-bar
BAR
2225-3979;
www.facebook.com/barunlugar
; Calle 33 btwn Avs 11 & 13;
11am-2am Mon-Sat)
This small wood-lined bar in Barrio Escalante serves as a neighborhood hangout that
draws artsy types and young professionals for cold beer and
bocas
.
Escazú
If you're looking to sip fine vintages, visit the stylish ground-floor wine bar at the
Beacon
Boutique Hotel
, open 7pm to midnight.
Taberna Arenas
BAR
This delightful, old-fashioned Tico bar is an Escazú institution. Arenas has good
bocas
and
a wide selection of domestic and imported beers. Owner Don Israel has his photo with
various heads of state on the walls, along with the agricultural implements that are de ri-
gueur in any country bar.
Pub
BAR
This small, friendly American-owned pub has a list of more than two dozen international
beers, a dozen local brews and a selection of shots with scary-sounding names like 'Test
Tube Baby' and 'Anti-Freeze'. Well-priced happy-hour drinks specials keep things hop-
ping 6pm to 8pm every night except Friday, and a greasy bar menu is available to soak up
the damage.
Entertainment
Pick up
La Nación
on Thursday for listings (in Spanish) of the coming week's attractions.
The
Tico Times
'Weekend' section (in English) has a calendar of theater, music and mu-
