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Dining in Rincon
The view was one of the things I most enjoyed about eating out in
Rincon. We tried almost two dozen restaurants (which is
a pretty good sampling) and all but one had at the least a good view
and many a great view of the sea.
Variety was another thing I liked. Restaurants range
from simple menu cafes
for tight budgets to quite elegant dining in upscale
restaurants
with more complex menus, such as the Lazy Parrot and the Horned Dorset Primavera.
Unsurprisingly, most tended toward sea food, which I
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The Tamboo Tavern & Seaside Grill
Overall, the Tambo
-- a combination bar, restaurant, and inn -- is one of the two most popular bar-restaurants in the
area. Sitting between Pools Beach and Sandy Beach, it shares the building
with a surfing shop, which draws a lot of people.
The dining room is the ocean-facing porch, which
is also where most of the cooking is done. The menu runs toward
hamburgers and other fast food.
We often used the Tamboo as to rendezvous
after I went beach hiking.
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Casa
Islena
In the Barrio
Puntas area of Rincon, the Casa
Islena restaurant was our favorite for beauty.
While it is primarily a pleasant little inn,
the restaurant is advertised as a tapas bar, Casa Islena offers
an interesting menu.
One problem all small hotels and restaurants have is
staff turnover. The good chef today may be gone tomorrow. I enjoyed
the tuna ceviche, which was new for me, and found the
service very attentive and gracious.
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The Spot Restaurant
Located near the police station, the Spot at Black
Eagle gets my vote for the best sunset dining views. It also has a
huge parking lot. We happened on it for lunch and
liked the view so much that we came back two nights later for
dinner. The menu is definitely upscale for Rincon
(about $100.00 for two). I had a rack of lamb and Brian
had the pork tenderloin. I remember thinking that they were
overpriced for the quality, but worth it for the view. I would go
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Calypso Cafe at Maria's Beach
Think 1960's, hippies, surfers, tropical beach
because, according to what I've been told, that is the beginning of
what is now the Calypso Cafe. As the story has it, a group of
hippies set up tents behind the home of Dona Maria (for whom the
beach is named), and those tents over the years evolved into the
present-day Calypso Cafe.
Today, it is one of the two most popular hang-outs
in Barrio Puntas for surfers, old hippies, new wave hippies, winter
whale-watching, and sunset-watching and people-watching year around.
It has a totally relaxed atmosphere and, on weekend evenings, live
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