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Café Berlin
You've probably heard about the Taíno, the Spanish, the French and the Americans, but the German influence in Puerto Rico is less well-documented, unless you wind up sampling sweet pastries on the pleasant terrace here. In a setting that's more Viennese than Caribbean, the Café Berlin serves fresh European-style food with a strong vegetarian/vegan bias.
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Metropol
You can't miss this place - it's right next to the cockfighting arena. It's a neighborhood favorite well-known for the plentiful portions and simple (but not plain) Spanish fare. Wandering tourists are sometimes lured out of their upscale resorts and into its inviting fold.
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Migas
A newish boutique restaurant on Magdalena, Migas is high on the list of bar-hopping sanjuaneros . Some come for drinks (champagne mainly) and others for the food - miso-glazed salmon, classic French steak frites, spicy duck with orange glaze. Real lounge lizards, meanwhile, arrive just to hang out amid the sleek elegance and fashionable buzz.
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Spanglish Café
A homey hole-in-the-wall that does good business with the lunchtime office crowd, Spanglish Café is generally more Span than glish, so go with a decent phrase book and get ready to order your around US$6 set lunch with a few por favors and muchas . Try the Fricassee de Pollo or the pernil asado and don't forget to leave a propina (tip).
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St Germain Bistro & Café
Kudos to the chef for transforming the main course salads - so often the dullest dish on the menu - into something fresh, tasty and filling. Then there's the aromatic Puerto Rican coffee, the delicious paninis and the homemade cakes which can only be described as melt-in-your-mouth heavenly. Nestled on the corner of Sol and Cruz, the St Germain is a bright neighborhood place with down-to-earth service, interesting clientele and a distinct European feel.
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Trois Cent Onze
After putting all his creative energy into his food, French owner Christophe Gourdain presumably couldn't muster up enough energy to think up an original name for his formidable culinary extravaganza: hence Trois Cent Onze (311), the place's numerical address on Fortaleza Street.
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Via Appia
The good thing about Condado is that it still retains a smattering of family-run jewels among all the Starbucks and 7-Elevens. Via Appia is one such gem, a no-nonsense Italian restaurant where the pizza is classic and the gentlemanly waiters could quite conceivably have walked off the set of The Godfather . Munch on garlic bread or feast on meatballs alfresco, as the multi-lingual mélange of Av Ashford goes strolling by. There's a small store inside where you can stock up on wine or olive oil.
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