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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Bar Hop In Puerto Rico's 'Chinchorros'

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MAYAGUEZ, PUERTO RICO — A good Puerto Rican chinchorro must 
have one thing and lack another: cheap beer and air conditioning. Louis O'
Halloran, an Irishman who has lived in Puerto Rico for 30 years, explains 
this to me as we drink a local Medalla beer and ignore the sweat dripping 
from our foreheads. "The chinchorro, this is the heart and soul of Puerto 
Rico," he says.

We are at Carbon de Palo, a chinchorro in this west coast town of Puerto 
Rico. A chinchorro, I learn soon after arriving here, is basically a bar with 
inexpensive booze and food. Carbon de Palo's Facebook page declares that 
"NO SOMOS UN RESTAURANT, SOMOS EL MEJOR SPOT DEL 
CHINCHORREO." In other words, "We're not a restaurant. We're the best 
spot for looking for a cheap bar...[CONTINUE READING]



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