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Sancochos

  • December 18, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by El Gallo from Monkey Junction, Newfoundland, Afghanistan
Sancochos

It's hard to figure out just what Sancocho's is. Sometimes it looks like a sports bar. Especially during playoffs, world cup, etc. If you want to be around a bunch of North American fans talking trash, placing bets and howling over calls during the SuperBowl, Final Four, or Grey Cup, this is your place. With two big screens and a half dozen smaller sets. They show two NFL games during the season: viewers of the second game get special earphones so they can hear their action and not what's on the big screen. If you have a party of rabid fans, reserve tables in advance to guarantee it's your game they watch.

This is the best place for sports watching on the island, and located in the Hidalgo street "Restaurant Row".

Or is it "fine dining". Lots of people, including Europeans, just go there for the food... even tolerate NFL fans for the experience. This isn't going to come up as "best food in town" topic. And it's not super cheap. But it's a really good value. You can get Chicken Cordon Blue here (with mushrooms if you want) for 80 pesos. Well that's a bit more than a roast chicken down the block, but the same thing would cost you 150 pesos down at Rolandi's (which DOES get mentioned as "best food in town", but mostly because the overcharge and their service sucks). And Sancochos turns out a damn good Blue Ribbon Chicken.

They also have specials of the day, and for games on Sunday. Good deals on selected lunches ranging from five buck chilli dog plates to six or seven for seafood platters. A few other extras: it's one of the few places you can buy the Miami Herald's Mexico edition and the waitresses are the sweetest, friendliest, helpfullest bunch of little cuties in the area. Also, nice bathrooms in a downtown in which 80% of the restaurants don't have restrooms at all.


Team that up with sports (in season) and a light, "Hell This Is Mexico" attitude and good bar and what you've got is a great place to spend a Sunday afternoon. Or have a tasty dinner. Or just have a few beers and catch ESPN.

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