One night I got the urge to try something different, and my wife in her eternal wisdom said “why not one of those new places up by Colono (the big hardware store)”. There’s a reason I listen to her; she…
Rain Forest Café & Restaurant
There are two coffee shops in La Fortuna of note. If you just want coffee, either Rain Forest Café & Restaurant or My Coffee (located in front of the park) will serve you well. However, if you also want a bite to…
Cafe Mediterraneo — Restaurant Recommendation
I firmly believe that a key to a successful restaurant is an attentive, concerned owner. In this regards Cafe Mediterraneo is top notch. When the restaurant was first opening, my wife was passing by doing some volunteer work with some…
La Fortuna Pub
As mentioned in our Costa Rica Craft Beer overview getting craft beer in La Fortuna has always been a challenge; getting it on tap was completely out of the question. That changed in October 2016 when the La Fortuna Pub opened. Since…
Restaurant Guide
La Fortuna is a glut with restaurant options, even if you had the desire and budget to sample them all, it would take a long time just to eat at each of them once, let alone enough times to really…
Farmers Market (La Feria)
Most major towns in Costa Rica will have some kind of farmers market, or as it is called in Spanish “La Feria”. In larger cities these farmers markets may be held every day, or multiple times a week. In La…
Grocery Stores in La Fortuna
La Fortuna has four primary options for grocery stores (since you probably aren’t planning on shopping in the mini markets that you’ll be able to find on most every street). There is the cheapest, local place named “Palí” on the edge…
Food in La Fortuna–Introduction
For a small town in Costa Rica, La Fortuna is spoiled when it comes to food options; be it dine in, take out, groceries, etc. you have a mountain of options. TripAdvisor lists 111 options just for restaurants in the…