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(Paseo Presidente Billini; RD$350; 11am-late)
This casual open-air restaurant perched over
the ocean only a few blocks from the Zona Colonial is one of only a few restaurants to
take advantage of the Malecón's setting. The large menu includes fajitas, grilled and bar-
becue meats, sandwiches, seafood
cazuela
(RD$400) and little-found
pulpofongo
(
mo-
fongo
with Creole-style cuttlefish; RD$330). It's a wonderful place for a drink as well.
Casa Olivier
MAP
DOMINICAN, INTERNATIONAL
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( 809-682-0836; Calle Arzobispo Portes 151; mains RD$250-500)
As homey as you can get, Casa
Olivier feels like you've stumbled upon a set: an upper-middle-class, mid-20th-century
Dominican living and dining room. Traditionally furnished and intimate, it also has a tiny
stage and a piano and offers live music some nights. It has a small menu of lovingly pre-
pared meat and pasta dishes. Service can be very slow.
Dajao & Mimosa Restaurant & Bar
( 809-686-0712; Arzobispo Nouel 51; mains RD$300; 11am-4pm Mon-Sat)
These two restaur-
ants - Dajao, a sleek, modern side resembling a European cafe, and Mimosa, a fan-cooled
side much like an ordinary
comedor
(eatery) - share a kitchen and you can order from
either menu regardless of where you sit. The former has mains like rib eye (RD$675) and
fish in coconut soup (RD$375), while the latter does a filling
plato del dia
(dish of the
day; RD$275).
DOMINICAN
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Pizzarelli
(cnr Calle el Conde & Isabel Catolica; mains RD$285; 11am-11pm Mon-Thu, to midnight Fri & Sat)
A
diminutive version of Pizza Hut, and a step up in quality, Pizzarelli anchors a strategic
Zona Colonial intersection. It sells pizza by the slice (RD$125) and personal pizzas
(RD$265), plus less than stellar strombolis, calzones and pasta. A spot for gelato is at-
tached.
ITALIAN
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Pat'e Palo
( 809-687-8089; Calle la Atarazana 25; mains RD$650-1200; noon-midnight)
The most happen-
ing and deservedly longest surviving of Plaza España's restaurant row, Pat'e Palo is for
SPANISH, MEDITERRANEAN
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