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La Mallorquina Frommer's Highly Recommended

Calle San Justo 207, San Juan

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Cuisine Puerto Rican
Hours Mon-Sat 12:30-10pm
Location Old San Juan
Transportation Bus: Old Town Trolley
Reservations Reservations not accepted at lunch, recommended at dinner
Phone 787/722-3261
Prices Dinner main courses $15-$36 (lobster is priciest). Lunch starts at $7.95
Credit Cards AE, MC, V
Closed Closed Sept

La Mallorquina Review

Founded in 1848, this old favorite has been run by the Rojos family since 1900. If you look carefully at the floor adjacent to the old-fashioned mahogany bar, you'll see the building's original gray-and-white marble flooring, which the owners are laboriously restoring, square foot by square foot, to its original condition. Lunches here tend to attract local office workers; dinners are more cosmopolitan and more leisurely, with many residents of the Condado and other modern neighborhoods selecting this place specifically because of its old-fashioned, old-world charm. The food has changed little here over the decades, with special emphasis on asopao made with rice and chicken, shrimp, or lobster and shrimp. Arroz con pollo is almost as popular. Begin with either garlic soup or gazpacho, end with flan, and you'll have eaten a meal that's authentically Puerto Rican.

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