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AR$150, closed Tuesday) is reputed as the best spot in town to eat meat, with good ser-
vice.
Eating & Drinking
Just as visitors to Trelew flock to Gaiman, so visitors to Esquel head to Trevelin for
Welsh tea. Teahouses are typically open from 3pm to 8pm. Often the portions are big
enough to share - ask first if it's OK.
Nikanor
ARGENTINE $$$
( 480400; Libertad 56; mains AR$75-130; 12:30-2:30pm & 8:30-11pm)
If you're not in the
mood for tea, make this excellent homestyle restaurant your first choice. A husband and
wife team serve up raviolis stuffed with local lamb, a list of Argentine wines and flambé
crepes for dessert. In a lovely, renovated early-20th-century home, with exposed brick,
exposed beams and a window exposing the original adobe and bamboo construction.
Nain Maggie
TEAHOUSE
( 480232;
www.casadetenainmaggie.com
;
Perito Moreno 179; tea service AR$110;
10am-12:30pm & 3-8:30pm)
Trevelin's oldest teahouse occupies a modern building but has
high traditional standards. Along with a bottomless pot, there's cream pie,
torta negra
and scones.
La Mutisia
TEAHOUSE
( 480165; Av San Martín 170; tea service AR$110)
Everything is reliably homemade at this
teahouse.
Shopping
Mercado de Artisanos
MARKET
This artisans market kills Plaza Coronel Fontana on Sundays in summer and on alternate
Sundays the rest of the year.
Information
Banco del Chubut
(cnr Av San Martín & Brown)
Just south of the plaza, with an ATM.
travel agency, which also arranges tours.
