For the last 20 years, La Cebolla Verde has been an icon along the calle vieja – or old road – that winds its way up and…
PUERTO VIEJO, Limón — While Lidia’s Place is about 12 years old, Lidia Palmer has been cooking Caribbean specialties for decades. She got her first professional kitchen…
We debuted a lot of things in 2018 and one of our favorites was our new dining and nightlife column “Off the Eaten Path.” This column focuses…
I grew up in Vancouver, Canada, a world-class sushi city and so I can confidently claim to know the difference between the real deal and the not-so-authentic…
The owner of Cordero's Bar claims to have invented the legendary chifrijo. Want to learn more about the popular Costa Rican dish's history? Read here: http://ticotimes.net/2018/11/09/off-the-eaten-path-corderos-bar
I’ve already highlighted what I think are the top three chifrijos in Costa Rica. Doing so was one of my first orders of business when I started…
Taj Mahal is well-known and might not be as “off the eaten path” as some of the other restaurants I review, but it was back when I…
When the owner is the one in the kitchen, you’re in for a treat. La Tacopedia is no exception. Chef and owner Mauricio Suvillaga was born in…
With a funky setting, an alleged ramen and the assistance of Google Translate, our freelancer William Ayre entered a restaurant San José that felt like it was…
Apart from its name and a mural inside featuring the namesake city in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro is a very much a Costa Rican establishment. It’s a…
