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Café Tomas/Café Tompy Frommer's Recommended

Calle Isabel 56, Ponce

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Cuisine Puerto Rican
Hours Restaurant daily 11:30am-midnight; cafe daily 7am-midnight
Location At Calle Mayor, Around Town
Phone 787/840-1965
Prices Breakfast $2-$4; main courses lunch and dinner $5-$8
Credit Cards AE, MC, V

Café Tomas/Café Tompy Review

The more visible and busier section of this establishment functions as a simple cafe for neighbors and local merchants. At plastic tables often flooded with sunlight from the big windows, you can order coffee, sandwiches, or cold beer, perhaps while relaxing after a walking tour of the city.

The family-run restaurant part of this establishment is more formal. The discreet entrance is adjacent to the cafe on Calle Isabel. Here, amid a decor reminiscent of a Spanish tasca (tapas bar), you can enjoy such simply prepared dishes as salted filet of beef, beefsteak with onions, four kinds of asopao, buttered eggs, octopus salads, and yucca croquettes.

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.



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