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laxed bistro atmosphere. The thin-crust pizza is some of the best in Nicaragua and veget-
arians can take their pick from a wide selection of menu items. Carnivores can get theirs
too. Try the scaloppini. Come early to get a table.
STEAKHOUSE
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El Pullaso
(Carretera Managua; dishes US$4-9; 11am-11pm)
Matagalpinos love beef and it's no sur-
prise that their steakhouse of choice is El Pullaso, which serves big portions of tender cuts
of meat at bargain prices. Come with an appetite. It's a US$1.50 to US$2 taxi ride from
town.
La Pradera de San Francisco
( 2772-2543; empalme San Ramón; mains US$6.50-10; 11am-11pm)
Just a US$2 cab ride
from the city center, this snazzy dining room is where Matagalpa's business elite take
their long lunch hour. You'll be forgiven if you pass on the bull-testicle ceviche; just know
that the sizzling skillets of tender steak and shrimp deliver. There is another, less atmo-
spheric branch, on the highway in town.
STEAKHOUSE
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El Pescamar
(Parque Morazán, 3c E, 1c N; dishes US$7-11; noon-10pm)
Join the local business crowd for
some damn good seafood. It smells like a fish market at first, but that's because it receives
a daily supply of fresh fish, shrimp, crab and lobster.
SEAFOOD
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Drinking & Nightlife
Artesanos
OFFLINE MAP
BAR
GOOGLE MAP
( 2772 2444;
www.artesanoscafebar.blogspot.com
; Parque Morazán, 1c S, ½c E; 9am-mid-
night)
Hands down the grooviest bar-cafe in town. There's an all-dark-wood dining room,
a large patio, great coffee, and a young, hipster crowd who drink and groove to electronica
and latin rhythms till closing time.
Entertainment
