Entertainment in The Lakes District
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El Barómetro
This place got too cool for its own good, expanding into a larger space housing lacquered Alerce tables, mismatched leather couches and polka-dot curtains, but with a crowd that has become a tad too rife with cuicos (Chilean yuppies) from the salmon industry. There are DJs Thursday to Saturday and an eclectic bar menu that includes hummus and tilapia, but the see-and-be-seen cachet has worn somewhat thin. That said, everyone still goes.
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Sherlock
It doesn’t take much investigation to find out that Sherlock is one of the better places to hang out in town. Based on the fact that Detective Holmes was supposed to have paid a visit to Puerto Montt, this bar-restaurant has a touch more style than the cookie-cutter competition. It has nearly the full gamut of Kunstmann and Austral beers, and downstairs sees live music most nights of the week.
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Casino de Puerto Varas
As far as Chilean casinos go, this could be filed under ‘boutique’ with its dark hardwood skin and industrial-chic shell, but it’s still home to a corny knot of slot machines, desperate retirees and wannabe high rollers. It was adding a new five-star hotel during research. If you go, Puerto Varas legend says that you will have better luck if you enter through the doors that face the lake.
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OK Corral
A barn of a place serving up hamburgers and sandwiches that are big enough to impress a real Texan, the OK is outfitted in pseudo Old West-style replete with big screen TVs showing ESPN. It's a relaxed place by day that gets crowded, smoky and energetic at night. The bar has a wide choice of drafts and cocktails to help you forget about the decor.
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El Bosque
This chic bar-restaurant is Pucón’s most stylish address for a cocktail. There’s a sultry vibe, both in its design (hanging cylindrical rust-hued luminaries, artsy B&W volcano photos) and the music (Faithless, Massive Attack – you get the idea). Mixed drinks easily approach CH$5000 here, but when have you ever known cool to come cheap?
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Boule Bar
Old Rolling Stone covers and other musical propaganda dot this multi-roomed bar lit with candles and featuring several tables and a bar rack made from tree bark. The perfect-volume music jumps from, ‘Hit the Road, Jack’ to hip-hop. It’s a good spot to carry on late into the evening with a crowd that appreciates a smart soundtrack.
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Mama’s & Tapas
Known simply as ‘Mama’s,’ this is the most popular place to go out in Pucón. The bar has an impressive lineup of draft beers, including Kunstmann Bock, which fuels an interesting dilemma when two drunks try to navigate the swiveling bathroom door at the same time. The Mexican food here is worth a try and is discounted 30% before 9pm.
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Krater
If you poke around Pucón you can find some quality dive bars, but most cater to inebriated (and sometimes belligerent) Chilean truck drivers. If you are feeling a little less brave, the volcanic-themed Krater is a divey spot that welcomes inebriated (and rarely belligerent) international visitors.
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Indiana
Indiana (Jones, not the state) may be the Chilean version of a Daytona Beach nightclub. Where else can you get drunk and dance to Snoop Dogg until dawn with a gaggle of vacationing students? It's dingy and loud and guarantees to party hard. The drinks keep flowing and the DJ keeps it going late.
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Garage
As the name suggests, Garage, attached to the Copec station, caters to an artsy, less fishy crowd, staying up later than it should and hosting everything from impromptu jazz sessions to all-out Colombian Cumbia shakedowns. The crowds start gathering here around 11pm.
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BouleBar
One of Osorno’s few hip spots, though not quite as cool as its sister bar in Puerto Montt. Still, pickings are slim, so drinks here are obligatory, if for no other reason then to toast to its former history as the town’s oldest surviving Germanic structure. Probst!
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Entre 3
If you want to see if your guide is plastered the night before he takes you up the volcano, grab a pitcher of suds here. It’s the divier choice, but its new rooftop patio nets views with brews not otherwise available on Av O’Higgins.
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Ocio Restobar
This orange-glowing lounge has an array of two-for-one cocktails during its extensive Hora Feliz (Happy Hour) and a DJ spins everything from house to hip-hop nightly. There’s also pizza and tapas when you get the munchies.
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Portal Valdivia
When it opens in 2010, this striking, twin-towered casino, hotel and shopping complex – Valdivia’s most architecturally-interesting building – will house US$72 million worth of entertainment options for visitors and locals alike.
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Apache
This spacious nightclub, north of the center along the coast road, is the place to head to at night to dance in Varas. Other clubs are further out of town on the road to Puerto Montt or in Puerto Montt itself.
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Enjoy Pucón
Pucón’s sleek new US$12.5 million casino boasts 488 hi-tech slots and a swanky restaurant and bar, the latter, called Üin, means ‘fire’ in Mapudungun but is pronounced ‘Win.’ Get it?
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Pim's Pub
Gets hopping into the late hours as the plethora of oversized drinks keep pouring. It also serves decent Tex-Mex food. It has a touristy vibe with mainly foreign clientele.
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Canta Luna
Pelluco’s most diverse option, with a Salsateca in the cavernous downstairs and live music upstairs.
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Arte-Bar
Hosts live music (bossa nova, classic rock) and literary readings in intimate, mellow surroundings.
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El Legado
A sultry jazz bar featuring live jazz fusion, acid jazz and soul on weekends.
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