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quesadillas, nachos, large baleadas, and savory carnitas served in a funky restaurant/bar.
Stop in for happy hour 6:30-8 P.M. and stay to satiate your beer munchies. Popular with
locals is Restaurant Llama del Bosque (tel. 651-4431, 6 A.M.-10 P.M.), across from the
Via Via, where the varied menu includes steak and seafood entrées for around $6. Go here
for traditional breakfasts of eggs and beans or fondue cooked in a clay pot with beans and
sausage ($4). It also sells Honduran cigars.
International
There are a variety of good choices for international fare. Twisted Tanya's (tel.
651-4182, www.twistedtanyas.com , 3-10 P.M. Mon.-Sat.) manages to be classy and yet
casual at the same time in a pleasant, second-story balcony setting overlooking the street.
For $15, you get a soup or salad starter, main course, and dessert. Typical dishes include
such creations as curry shrimp, Chinese dumplings with wasabi, fish fillet with sautéed ve-
getables, and seafood pasta with crab. The desserts are equally creative and appetizing. It's
a block west and then half a block south of the plaza. Stop in for happy hour 4-6 P.M.
Serving baleadas muy grandes is Tunkul Bar and Restaurant (tel. 651-4152, 7 A.M.-
midnight daily), where the atmosphere includes a stone floor and saddles suspended from
the roof. There's a nice covered patio where you can enjoy a varied menu that includes
half-poundburgers,fajitas,quesadillas,and chilaquiles, allforaround$4.Thingsreallyget
fired up at 6 P.M. when the open-air grill cranks out quarter chickens, pinchos, and bar-
becue chicken wings. Next door, Café Via Via (tel. 651-4652, 7 A.M.-midnight daily) is
a popular watering hole with travelers and that doubles as a hip and trendy café. You can
substitute vegetarian options for many of its dishes, including veggie burgers ($4). It also
makesagoodstabatThaicurry($5).Therearetablesoverlookingthestreetwhereyoucan
enjoy the wonderful organically grown coffee.
Fine Dining
One of the finest restaurants in town can be found inside the Hotel Marina Copán.
Glifo's (tel. 651-4070/71, 877/893-9131 toll-free U.S., www.hotelmarinacopan.com , 6:30
A.M.-9:30 P.M. daily, $8-14) serves a variety of international dishes with a distinctly May-
an slant in a pleasing blue and yellow dining room. For a local treat, try the Pollo al
Loroco, cooked in a savory sauce of pungent edible flowers. The house specialty is Glifo's
Traditional Chicken, cooked in a sauce of roasted, ground sesame and squash seeds fla-
vorfully seasoned with Mayan herbs. International dishes include curry chicken, steak in
mushroom wine sauce, and tarragon fish. Don Udo's (tel. 651-4533, www.donudos.com ,
$6-10) has a stylish restaurant to accompany the hotel's tasteful atmosphere. Among the
excellent dishes are steak and seafood dishes, homemade pastas, and Mayan cuisine.
Outside of town, the delightful restaurant at
Hacienda San Lucas (tel. 651-4106,
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