San Salvador Entertainment

  1. Bar-bar-o

    A play on the expression Qué bárbaro! (How crazy!), this place is more urban-hipster with its sleek sitting area and small dance floor. There's live music on Friday and Saturday nights (no cover charge), and a DJ before and after - films are also shown on Wednesday nights. While it may be a little wild here, it's probably too cool to be seriously crazy.

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  2. Café La 'T'

    The most bohemian of nightspots in town, Café La 'T' ( latte , get it?) is straight out of Chiapas, with Zapatista posters, photos of indigenous coffee workers and a distinctly lefty crowd. Free films are screened on Wednesday and Thursday, and there's live music every other Friday, usually jazz or Latin American folk music. Coffee is the specialty.

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  3. El Atrio

    Once in the thick of things, this longtime favorite moved to a quiet street several blocks east of the bar scene. Alternative films are shown under the stars every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (free); Friday entertainment varies from live music to concert videos to just setting up telescopes to check out the stars. Also screens films at Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

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