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Casual Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Thursday, September 25 2008 |
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Panama City's dining scene is lauded as perhaps the best of any capital in Central America, but to the savvy gourmet there's not a whole lot of innovation going on around here. The majority of city meals are comparatively less expensive than their counterparts in the USA, but the food and service generally tend to hover from good to very good, rarely hitting that Manhattan level of excellent.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, September 25 2008 )
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Casual Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Tuesday, September 09 2008 |
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Panama's emerging old district of Casco Viejo has a new haunt to flaunt in the ever-evolving dining and nightlife scene that once seemed so far away. Indigo Restaurant and Lounge, a themed restaurant directly beside the tourism police station, is setting entertainment standards in ways Casco has never seen before.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, September 09 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Monday, July 21 2008 |
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The restaurant in situated in a strange little nook of Panama City's Paitilla district where it appears more and more new entertainment hotspots are arriving. The new Hed Kandi Lounge for example, which will be right around the corner. Viso 52 sits in the Popeye's building on the corner of Avenida Balboa and Paitilla Road as I like to call it.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, September 03 2008 )
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Casual Restaurants
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Written by heidibella
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Tuesday, February 26 2008 |
This past weekend I visited the new Tratorria Toscana on Via Porras to have dinner. The service was lacking, the food certainly not worth the price...is this really a trattoria? It was not full despite our 7:30 pm arrival time and we were able to grab a nice corner table.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Wednesday, February 13 2008 |
Upon first hearing the news, I was of the belief that Astrid y Gaston was a new theatrical performance show in Panama, perhaps featuring a lovely French woman named Astrid and a large brawny man who liked to drink beer called Gaston. But as the details would unravel, I came to the realization that, for the first time, a truly impressive dining establishment had arrived in the nation's capital.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Friday, January 25 2008 |
Just as boutique hotels are making their way into Panama's travel scene, boutique restaurants like Peperoncini Di Mare in Area Bancaria are establishing themselves as appealingly sophisticated alternatives to once-popular chain franchises.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Street Food
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Written by Matt
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Tuesday, October 23 2007 |
We sat in the most enviable table of the night: a corner booth, rounded to afford views of the entire restaurant as the waiter refilled my glass with a Rioja that was, as he said, "as close as I've found to perfection". The meal was impressive, the service was spot on, and the ambiance like something out of a movie. But what I really wanted, was to tear off the blazer I was wearing and go buy a few kebabs from the street vendor outside.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Monday, October 08 2007 |
When I saw that the New York Times had recently done a restaurant review on Manolo Caracol in Casco Antiguo, Panama City, I figured it was about time I see what all the fuss is about, especially considering that I could factually throw a frisbee from my front door into the restaurant's lobby area.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Saturday, August 25 2007 |
Gaucho's is located on the trendy corner of Calle Uruguay so that it's packed all the time is not too surprising. It's known as one of, if not the best, steak houses here in Panama and granted, they prepare very nice steaks.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Sunday, July 15 2007 |
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I called in a reservation but they lost it, so when I appeared at the door they tried to make me out to be the idiot who “thought he made a reservations but actually didn’t”. This was not the only annoying thing about Sake.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Saturday, July 07 2007 |
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Casco Viejo has a new restaurant which is kick butt. If you like the idea of Manolo Caracol, in that they tell you what you’ll be eating, but you don’t like the prices, then this place is for you.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Monday, June 25 2007 |
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Eurasia has a fantastic vibe. It’s set in Bella Vista on the second floor of what I can only imagine was once a spectacular private residence. The service is precise, the food is decadent, and you don’t have to wear long pants to get in.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Street Food
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Written by Claire Saylor
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Monday, June 18 2007 |
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The parties in most Latin American countries don't pick up until midnight or later. In Panama's Calle Uruguay, a conglomerate of trendy night venues that boast anything from salsa to techno to classic rock, the street is a veritable mixing bowl of drunk, wealthy Panamanians and visiting foreigners. A brand of gastronomic entrepreneurs saw this mix of inebriated souls with the beer munchies as a calling, and decided to take to the streets to burden themselves with the task of feeding these insatiable cravings.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Casual Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Friday, May 11 2007 |
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This could be my new favorite dig in Panama City. Situated on The Causeway—an area known for touristy restaurants, touristy specials and, well, touristy tourists—this place sticks out like a sore thumb: that is, as long as you're able to find it.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Friday, May 11 2007 |
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La Maison, just off Calle Uruguay, is a trendy little new French café. When you walk inside the old building, its newly-renovated woods and plush red velvets might take you back, if just for a second, to your days in Paris: a time when you were at your social and intellectual prime. A time when you, yourself owned several wine-colored berets.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Robert E. Baker
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Thursday, May 10 2007 |
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Visited May 2007. Would I Return? I don't think so.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Robert E. Baker
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Monday, May 07 2007 |
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Visited May 2007. Would I Return? Many times.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Friday, May 04 2007 |
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The building is fantastically renovated: with dark rock, shiny glass doors, and beautiful luxurious chandeliers casting an expensive glow over the dining room. The waiters wear small clip-on-looking bow ties which remind me of when I was six and I could actually get away with it.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Robert E. Baker
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Friday, May 04 2007 |
Visited May 2007. Would I return? Many times.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Formal Restaurants
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Written by Matt
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Thursday, May 03 2007 |
Mostaza is a great little nook-of-a restaurant in Casco Viejo just a block from the Pacific Ocean. It has a quaint outside dining area that gets the great warm breeze off the bay and the tables lie at the front of an old church and archway (arco chato) which looks something like a bomb site. Inside is delightful too, but they crank the air conditioning up too high at night.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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