Songoro Cosongo
Ayacucho 281, Barranco
Phone 247-4730
Open Sun and Tue-Thu noon to 9pm; Fri-Sat noon until the last client leaves
Credit V
Price appetizer and 2 drinks $15

The amusing name with an African reminiscence refers to 1) a famous Cuban drink, 2) a book by Afro-Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén, and 3) a popular salsa song written by Hector Lavoe, a legendary and controversial Porto Rican singer known as the Bad Boy of Salsa.

And Songoro Cosongo, the bar, is precisely a blend of good drinks poetry and music. The bar-restaurant has a criollo menu and occupies an old colonial mansion declared cultural site, just half a block from the traditional Puente de los Suspiros. The joyful music is performed on Fridays and Saturdays by a skilled bunch of local musicians.

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