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meal for one with half
a bottle of wine (or
equivalent meal), taxes,
and extra charges.
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Alexandra's fine interior
Restaurants and Bars
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La Cava
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Rincón Argentino
Designed to resemble a
19th-century coffee plantation,
La Cava has a changing
nouvelle
cuisine
menu and a champagne-
and-cigar bar.
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Map F5 • Hilton
Ponce, Av Caribe 1150 • 787 259 7676
• Open 6:30-10:30pm Mon-Sat • $$$$
The cow-sign outside this
restaurant gives the game away.
This steakhouse in a restored
colonial mansion specializes in
meats
a la parrillada
(straight
from the grill).
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Map F5 • Calle
Salud 64, Ponce • 787 284 1762
• Open 11:30am-midnight • $$$$
@
La Terraza
&
El Sabor
This alfresco restaurant with
lush gardens serves local and
international fare and has a great
lunch buffet.
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Map F5 • Hilton
Ponce, Av Caribe 1150 • 787 259 7676
• Open noon-3pm & 6:30-10:30pm • $$$
This lunch counter in a hotel
lobby gets packed with locals.
Choose roast pork or crab meat
served with rice,
tostones
(see
p51)
, and beans.
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Map F5 • Fox
Delicias Hotel, Calle Isabel 6963, Ponce
• 787 290 5050 • Open noon-2pm • $$
£
Mark's at the Meliá
The French-Caribbean
nouvelle cuisine
at this acclaimed
restaurant is divine. Owner Mark
French was named “Chef of
the Caribbean 2000.”
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Map F5
• Calle Cristina & Plaza Degetau, Ponce
• 787 284 6275 • Open noon-3pm & 6-
10:30pm Tue-Sat, noon-5pm Sun • $$$$
*
Seaview Terrace
Enjoy Caribbean dishes
served with flair at a candlelit
table beneath the stars.
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Map L5
• Caribe Playa Beach Resort, Carretera 3
Km 112.1, Patillas • 787 839 6339 • Open
6-10:30am, noon-3pm & 6:30-9:30pm;
dinner by reservation • $$$$$
$
Alexandra
(
Costa Marina
Creative dishes, such as
grilled pork chops with pineapple
chutney, are served in an ocean-
front setting.
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Map D6 • Copamarina
Beach Resort, Carretera 333 Km 6.5, Caña
Gorda • 787 821 0505 • Open 6-10:30pm
Sun-Thu, 6-11pm Fri-Sat • $$$$
This nautically themed
restaurant stands on stilts over
a mangrove lagoon and serves
fresh seafood.
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Map H5 • Marina
de Salinas, Carretera 701 Final, Salinas •
787 824 5973 • Open noon-9pm • $$$$
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El Ancla
)
King's Cream
Try the excellent seafood
medley at El Ancla, which sits at
the end of a pier overhanging the
sea.
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Map F5 • Av Hostos 105, Ponce
• 787 840 2450 • Open 11am-9:30pm
Sun-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat • $$$$
Try free samples of several
tropical ice-cream flavors, such
as coconut and
guanábana
(sour-
sop), before deciding on one.
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Map F5 • Calle Marin 9223, Ponce •
787 843 8520 • Open 9am-11:50pm • $
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