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Bar de los Ochenta
In Urdesa, where La Crème used to be, this club plays all 80s music all the time.
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Bla, bla, bla Mykonos Café
Bla, bla, bla Mykonos Café turns into raucous discotheques most weekend nights.
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Centro Cultural Sarao
In addition to a building boom, Guayaquil is also going through somewhat of a cultural renaissance, especially in terms of live theater. Besides performances at the MAAC, Centro Cultural Sarao is a good venue to check out.
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Cinemark
The multiscreen Cinemark in the Mall del Sol in the northern suburbs is the largest cinema in the city. El Telégrafo and El Universo publish show times for all cinemas in the city.
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DADA
A beautiful new bar just past the Galería Angel Zalmada on Calle Numa Pomilio in Las Peñas, DADA is both hip and stylish and warm and welcoming because of its all-wood interior and picture windows with views of the river.
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El Galeón de Artur's
Near the bottom of the stairs in Las Peñas and next to Escalon 69, El Galeón is a casual place for a drink if you don't mind the loud music.
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El Jardín de Salsa
All salsa all the time. The dance floor here is one of the biggest in Ecuador, but wallflowers can enjoy themselves equally well since there's plenty of space simply for drinking and admiring. It's near the airport.
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Escalón 69
Above the restaurant of the same name, there's a welcoming bar with karaoke and live music on weekends.
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Imax theater
For Hollywood fare downtown, check out the Imax theater cinema on the Malecón connected to the MAAC; it also has the MAAC Cine, a nice art-house cinema.
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Kennedy Mall
Barhopping is easy at Kennedy Mall, which is not a shopping mall but rather a concentration of bars and discos in Kennedy Norte. Have a cabbie drop you off and pick what looks right since they're generally all situated next to each other. Most have a cover charge, but also an open bar, meaning you drink for free after paying admission. The main drag in Urdesa, Estrada, still has a number of happening clubs despite the neighborhood's upper-class residents' desire to keep things low key. Names, locations and hotspots change with frequency.
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La Paleta
Probably the most bohemian and coolest bar in the city. La Paleta is found along the cobblestone streets of Las Peñas and is all cave-like nooks, comfy benches and dark wood. There are bars on the 1st- and 2nd-floors, plus martinis.
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La Proa
A beautiful and hip bar next to the MAAC cinema - you'd think you were in downtown Manhattan. La Proa has unobstructed river views and happy hour is Wednesday and Thursday from to .
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La Taberna
Just to the left at the bottom of the steps in Las Peñas, La Taberna is a drinking bar with Latin rock and pop in the background. The walls are a hodgepodge of soccer jerseys, newspaper clippings, cigarette cartons and photographs.
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Macarena Lounge
Macarena Lounge turns into raucous discotheques most weekend nights.
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Piranha Bar
An informal laid-back bar done in wood and bamboo with an eclectic variety of live music Thursday, Friday and Saturday when there's also a small cover charge.
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Supercines
For Hollywood fare downtown, check out the six-screen Supercines .
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Teatro del Ángel
In addition to a building boom, Guayaquil is also going through somewhat of a cultural renaissance, especially in terms of live theater. Besides performances at the MAAC, Teatro del Ángel is a good venue to check out.
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