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( 787-823-4377; Hwy 115 Km 11.2; dishes $8-14)
Fish is served up with
comida cri-
olla
(traditional Puerto Rican cuisine) side dishes, such as rice, beans and fried plantains.
Nothing fancy, reliably hearty.
Rincón Cash & Carry
SUPERMARKET
( 10am-6pm Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm Sun)
For self-caterers. In the town center, across
from the Plaza de Recreo.
Drinking
Calypso Tropical Café
CAFE, BAR
( noon-midnight)
Wall-to-wall suntans, svelte girls in bikini tops, bare-chested blokes
nursing cold beers, and syncopated reggae music drifting out beneath the sun-dappled palm
trees; the Calypso is everything you'd expect a beachside surfers' bar to be - and perhaps a
little more. All that's missing is a prepsychedelic-era Brian Wilson propping up the jukebox
(then again, Brian never
could
surf). On the ocean side of the leafy road to the lighthouse,
Calypso hosts the oldest pub scene in Rincón and regularly books live bands to cover rock,
reggae and calypso classics. Not surprisingly, it's a microcosm of the region at large and
the
place to go to find out about surf gossip, weather and waves.
Tamboo Tavern
BAR
(
www.besidethepointe.com
;
Sandy Beach; noon-midnight)
The patio bar of the
Beside the Pointe guesthouse overlooks some of the best sand in Rincón. But the scene on
the waves is only a slice of the quality atmosphere, which is completed by great burgers,
and a young and vivacious local crowd who drink a little too much and dance a little too
close. With a congenial après-surf scene, it has occasional live music, but the sound system
is pretty good and the twilight beach panorama is something to behold. It's been shortlisted
by
Esquire
among the best bars in America, and it's easy to see why.
Banana Dang
CAFE
(
www.bananadang.com
;
Hwy 413 Km 4.1; 7am-7pm Mon & Wed-Sat, 9am-7pm
Sun; )
Set up in 2007 by two committed coffee and banana addicts from LA, Banana
Dang comes pretty close to delivering the best shots of caffeine on the island. Next door
to the Lazy Parrot Inn in the hills above Rincón, it's well worth stopping off here to - in
