No formal training? No problem, said Kembly Rodríguez, who didn't let anything stand in the way of her dream of owning her own restaurant – and bringing more love into the world.
Burger King is back in Costa Rica just eight months after the former franchisee closed its operations due to accumulated debt and other financial woes.
This week Costa Rica officially joins the global initiative known as “Meatless Monday,” or Lunes sin Carne, which aims to reduce meat consumption and environmental harm.
Casual Tex-Mex restaurant Chili's Grill & Bar on Monday opened a new location at Mall Paseo de las Flores in Heredia province, the chain's fourth in the country and the first outside the capital, San José.
The Costa Rican Chamber of Restaurants (CACORE) on Tuesday unveiled its 2015 Gastronomic Laboratory, in which 24 restaurants have pledged to use local but unconventional foods, including nontraditional cuts of meat, plants native to Costa Rica and yes, Costa Rica’s cane-sugar firewater, Cacique's guaro.
Some businesses have followed the plaintiff's recommendations and currently are offering the popular boca under different names like "Chichifrijo," "Chifrijol," "El Innombrable" ("The Nameless") or simply "Chicharrón & Frijoles."
With 250 stands featuring national and international businesses that cater to the needs of hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, catering services and bakeries, among others, the annual Exphore will run from June 16 to 18.
Argentinian chef Mauro Camera was already known in Tamarindo for sushi and steaks, so he tried his hand at seafood. Today Patagonia Del Mar is bustling with customers, and they aren't leaving disappointed.
Usually when expats miss some delicacy from home, they vent their frustrations to their friends on Facebook. Instead Joy Canton, 22, and her roommate Ellie Hacker, 18, both from the U.S. living in Bahia Ballena, decided to turn their cravings into a business. The two teachers at Uvita Christian Academy now run their own bakery, GringO’s Donuts.
