Word on the street is that the popular Lebanese Beirut restaurant will soon open a new Casco Viejo location. The Lebanese restaurant, which also has an Indian menu, first opened in 2004 in Panama City’s banking district and then built the new Amador Causeway Beirut over the last couple years. The Casco Viejo Beirut...
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Beirut Planned for Casco Viejo
593 Pounds of Pork Meat Confiscated
A total of 593 pounds of pork meat of suspicious origin were confiscated and destroyed in Chitre by the Province of Herrera’s health authorities. Juan Marcelino Peralta, Chief of the Food Protection and Zoonosis Section said the meat was not registered to an authorized slaughterhouse. “This pork meat was deposited in blue tanks and...
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Popeyes Adopts Down South Image in Panama
Popeyes in Panama now has new orange signage that markets the Louisiana roots of the chicken franchise. This move follows Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits late 2008 brand transformation in the United States. Now known as Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, the franchise is emphasizing its Southern home cooking heritage, trying to set itself apart from typical...
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California Burrito Co. to Enter Panama Tex-Mex Game
Last year, The Panama Digest reported on the face-off between Taco Bell and The Taco-Maker, as both franchises arrived to compete in the Panama fast food Tex-Mex arena. There is soon to be another, perhaps fresher, contender: California Burrito Co. Young entrepreneurs Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler, 2005 Indiana University graduates, opened the first...
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Panama Edges into Square Watermelon Market
The Panama Fruit Producer company is joining the square watermelon market and exporting its first 120 square cubic fruits to New York. Operations manager Gerardo Diaz said the watermelons are natural. They grow inside cube-shaped boxes and conform to the mold as they get bigger. Boxes are usually made of unbreakable polycarbonate, 30 times stronger...
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