The number of restaurants in Casco Viejo has nearly doubled in the last six months with a heap of openings throughout the uneven streets of Panama’s colonial quarter. This New York East Village-style eatery concentration is representative of the gentrification project that is Casco Viejo, but, without the required local consumer density, the...
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Eats
The 29 Restaurants of Casco Viejo and Counting
Fish Market Spared by Cinta Costera
The next phase of the Cinta Costera, Panama’s Coastal Beltway, will not destroy the 14-year-old Fish Market, built with nearly $8 million donated by the Japanese Government. Japanese officials were in town to make sure the market would survive the beltway expansion. Three obsolete piers, however, will be demolished and replaced with a multi-use...
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Hip Hamburger on Hamburger Row Scene
For a long time, it was hard to find a good burger in Panama. Hiroko golf course, now the site of the Tucan Country Club, was said to have had a great burger at the 9th hole. Otherwise, it was over an hour drive to the XS Memories sports bar and RV park in...
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Panama #1 Chicken Consumer in Latin America
Panamanians consume an average of 75 pounds of chicken per capita each year according to recent National Aviculture Association reports, making it the leading consumer of chicken in Latin America. And, consumption is steadily on the rise. In 2008, 70,411,198 chickens were slaughtered. An increase in chicken sacrifice has already been reported in 2009....
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Beginning 2009: Taco Bell vs. The Taco Maker
U.S. Tex-Mex Giant to face off with Puerto Rico’s largest Mexican quick-service restaurant in the Panama Arena. Taco Bell had a bit of a head start with the June 24th opening of its first branch in Multiplaza. In the next months, the chain plans to open additional branches in the El Dorado, Albrook and...
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