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You'll either love it or hate it here. If you have any airs and graces, it probably is not for you. If, however, you enjoy drinking bargain-basement booze sitting on plastic beer crates surrounded by students, punks and goths, then welcome to nirvana.
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Bar Berri
Bar Berri is run by Eduardo, the son of a Basque immigrant, and is one of the most buena onda (good vibe) bars in the city. Perhaps more of a winter place due to its cozy low ceilings, it does serve some snacks such as empanadas, but the owners know the main appeal - to drink and be merry. Check out the antique cash register.
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Bar Central
Self-consciously cool Bar Central has DJs spinning discs while regulars indulge in tasty snack food and select from an impressive range of cocktails in hip red surroundings. Nine different types of pisco sour are available - although it's best to avoid the pisco sour mango.
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Bar Dos Gardenias
A portrait of Che surveys the revelers in this relaxed little enclave with low lighting and high spirits. The Buena Vista Social Club soundtrack is often played on the speaker system - although there are live performances of folk music and tango several nights of the week.
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Barroco
All dangling chandeliers, high ceilings and candlelight, Barroco is a lovely atmospheric little bar overlooking leafy Plaza Brasil. It is a most agreeable place to while away an evening with your nearest and dearest.
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Bokhara
Bokhara is the hedonistic gay venue of choice. It's open every night with different drinks on special and some flamboyant live shows from . It has two levels, playing mainly house and techno.
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Café del Teatro
A free-spirited young crowd makes Café del Teatro the happening bar of the moment in laid-back Barrio Brasil. Formerly a café, it now has regular events in an old theater out the back, and a welcoming bunch of regulars mingle among the brightly decorated canvases on the wall.
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El Diablito
Despite its kitsch fake Hollywood memorabilia and clutter, somehow this bar works. Maybe it's the small candle-lit tables where you can huddle conspiratorially into the wee small hours. But most likely it's the cheap pisco sours and the schops (draft beers).
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El Tunel
Retro is the theme in this popular nightclub where '70s classics have the mid-20 to 30-somethings all doing their best John Travolta or Olivia Newton-John. DJs mix it up with a few '80s favorites, and everyone emerges perspiring but happy.
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Etniko
Etniko is the in place of the moment - and boy, does it know it. It is pretty funky, mind you, with a sleek, low-lit central courtyard, a DJ at the turntables, and the atmosphere abuzz with media gossip and goings-on. Being hip comes at a price, of course, and being seen with the in-crowd ain't cheap.
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Flannery's Irish Geo Pub
Guinness and Kilkenny imports help make Flannery's Irish Geo Pub one of the most popular gringo watering holes in Santiago. Your favorite team playing back at home? This is the best bet for catching the action on TV.
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HBH Brewery
HBH Brewery is a laid-back microbrewery with two main styles of beer - both highly rated by beer buffs. It is a popular hangout for students and connoisseurs of the dark and blonde stuff.
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La Casa en el Aire
La Casa en el Aire was established in the 1990s 'to give a space for alternative culture'. It's a romantic hideaway that will nourish your mind with poetry and theater (Wednesday nights), and soothe your soul with folk music on the other evenings of the week. A limited menu, mainly snacks, is available.
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La Feria
Euphoric techno and house beats, an up-for-it crowd and banging DJs mean that La Feria is still the place to go in Bellavista for a fix of electronic music. It's unmarked and hidden behind a big iron door - you'll need to knock to get in.
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Las Lanzas
A good-time crowd flocks to this cheerful bar/restaurant, partly for its location opposite Plaza Ñuñoa, but mainly for its inexpensive prices. It comes into its own in the summer months when revelers spill out onto the sidewalk terrace.
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Phone Box Pub
It is hardly the most subtle effort to appeal to the expat community, but Phone Box Pub pulls it off. Walk through the doors (styled, you guessed it, like a British phone box) and you have a combination of fine ales (Tetley's is on tap here, and the Kuntsmann Amber is a delight) as well as a lively, relaxed atmosphere.
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Trianon Club
One of the coolest dance clubs on the Santiago scene at the moment, this unpretentious up-for-it newcomer mixes electronic beats and trance with a more eclectic groove to cater for the many students that come here. There were rumblings that the venue would be shifted, so check the website before you put on your dancing shoes.
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