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San Juan Map: La BomboneraLa Bombonera Frommer's Highly Recommended

Cuisine Puerto Rican
Hours Daily 7:30am-8pm
Address
Calle San Francisco 259
Location Old San Juan
Transportation Bus: Old Town trolley
Reservations Reservations recommended
Phone 787/722-0658
Prices American breakfast $4.50-$6.45; main courses $6-$18
Credit Cards AE, MC, V

Frommer's Review

This place offers exceptional value in its homemade pastries, well-stuffed sandwiches, and endless cups of coffee -- and it has done so since 1902. Its atmosphere evokes turn-of-the-20th-century Castille transplanted to the New World. The food is authentically Puerto Rican, homemade, and inexpensive, with regional dishes such as rice with squid, roast leg of pork, and seafood asopao (a thick rice soup). For dessert, you might select an apple, pineapple, or prune pie, or one of many types of flan. Service is polite, if a bit rushed, and the place fills up quickly at lunchtime.

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