Puerto Rico Set for Restaurant Week

By: - May 14th, 2015

Above: croquetas at Cocina Abierto

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon
CJ Travel Editor

Looking for a reason to visit Puerto Rico?

Here’s a yummy one.

Puerto Rico’s Restaurant Week starts on May 27, featuring prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus from $20 to $38 a person.

Running until June 3, the fourth annual culinary celebration includes more than 25 restaurants in San Juan, Santurce, Condado, Miramar, Ocean Park, Isla Verde, Hato Rey, Guaynabo and Humacao.

Some of our favorites: Assere (don’t leave without trying the handcrafted cocktails), Budatai (those dumplings!), Cocina Abierta (the duck confit mofongo!) and Santaella, where the truffle oil-drizzled goat cheese quesadilla is delicioso.

— CJ

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