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Bavaria
Mouth-wateringly meaty parrilladas are the specialty at this quality nationwide chain; simpler fare is served downstairs, and it also has a delicatessen with tasty take-out food.
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Boulevard
Laid-back streetside café without, and smooth Gallic restaurant within, this is the place to relax and let the world traipse by. On offer are delicious fondues, pizzas, crepes and enormous salads with zesty dressings.
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Casino Español
Prepare for pattern overload: Moorish designs intertwine, compete and clash in this unabashedly decadent 1904 building. Expect tooth-bitten arches, a high dome, stained glass, checked tiles, suits of armor and…oh yeah, it has food, too, including Spanish, Italian and Chilean favorites. Service moves at a leisurely pace.
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Cioccolata
Proof positive that Chileans really do enjoy a decent espresso, this classy coffee-shop is usually crammed with businessfolk. They also offer filling breakfasts, sandwiches, scrumptious cakes and chocolates.
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Club Croata
Plaza-side restaurant with arched windows and Croatian coats of arms. It has the best fixed-price lunch on plaza but tends to be deserted at night. The menu includes simple pasta and poultry options, including omelets.
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Club de la Unión
The food at this plain restaurant may be ho-hum, but the bird's-eye view of Iquique's handsome plaza and the distant mountains is worth every cent. Come early to bag a window seat. Cash only.
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Doña Lucy
Locals pile into this fussy little tea shop for its ambrosial cream cakes, equally creamy cappuccinos, ice cream, teas and freshly squeezed juices. Tables spill onto the hedged courtyard behind. Occasionally they dish up free cake(!) to customers as afternoon wears on.
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El Tercer Ojito
Recognizable by the huge lump of quartz outside, this informal New Age restaurant serves great vegetarian and carnivore-friendly dishes. Its international repertoire includes Peruvian dishes, curries and occasional sushi. Its pleasant patio sports cacti, murals and even a terrapin in a bathtub.
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La Protectora
Old World atmosphere reigns at this civilized restaurant nestling beside the theater and fronting onto the plaza; the building, the Sociedad Protectora de Empleados de Tarapacá, hosted one of Chile's first trade unions.
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M.Koo
Simple corner-shop famous for its crumbly chumbeques (sweet regional biscuits), the recipe for which is guarded zealously. It also sells neatly wrapped in-season specials, such as humitas (corn tamales) and pastel de choclo (maize casserole) to go.
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Mercado Centenario
This boxy market between Sargento Aldea and Latorre is the cheapest and fastest place for a no-frills set lunch. Upstairs cocinerías also offer varied seafood, and stalls offer fresh produce for self-caterers.
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