Cough too loudly here and you could end up on the local radio. La Piedra, situated next to the Piedra Degetau Park is a long-time mountain institution that also accommodates the recording studios of Radio Cumbre. Yes, that guy on the next table behind the thick pane of reinforced glass isn’t a waiter wearing ear muffs; he’s a DJ reaching out over the airwaves on 1470AM. Broadcasting credentials aside, La Piedra serves up some rather decent food to accompany its regular diet of music and topical chat – chicken in a tamarind sauce and chicken broth and mofongo (mashed plantains) are popular local favorites. Thanks to its prime Ruta Panorámica location it also acts as a nexus point to chicane weary motorists, Federico Degetau pilgrims (and poets), and local walking groups setting off into the Cañon de San Cristóbal.