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Eating options in the village of El Cocuy are fairly slim. Some of the hotels have or plan to have restaurants. Evenings stands set up around the central park selling cheese arepas and other comidas rápidas. The Mercado is at Carrera 5 and Calle 5. It and the comedor (dining) section are active weekend mornings, with the principal market day being Friday. The village has several almacenes, or general stores where you can purchase canned goods before heading into the national park.
A traditional dish served only at Christmas and New Years is tamales. These are much different than the Tolimense ones served in most of Colombia. Here, cornmeal mush is filled with pork, beef, chicken and pork skin (all marinated in herbs, spices and beer), garbanzos, onion and carrot. The tamale is steamed in a hoja de raíz, also called bijao (Calathea lutea).
Nightlife
The village of El Cocuy has few places for letting off steam and partying down. The only real disco is only open on Fridays, after the weekly market closes. Other places are just places to kick back and have a drink. Save up that energy you would otherwise blow on rumbeando, for the treks and climbing you’ll be doing in PNN El Cocuy.
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Cafetería y Comidas Rápidas Donde Lilia is the place to go for a late breakfast or a quick mid-morning snack. This small, no-frills snack stand serves a basic menu of empanadas and rellenos, a black sausage filled with potato and rice ($0.50-1). To wash it down, there are coffee and soft drinks....
Cocuy , Colombia
Asadero Nortibrasas is a good choice for a break from the hotel-restaurant scene and their typical Colombian fare. In the front room, a large rotisserie rotates chickens over coals. Ask for your plate of roasted chicken and potatoes: a quarter chicken costs $1.60, half is $3.20 and the whole bird...
Cocuy , Colombia
Join the locals in closing out a Friday market day at Disck T-K Fogata, the town’s only discoteca. It’s time to celebrate that done deal, to cut loose after long hours stooped over the stall and calling out your wares. Everyone keeps warm during the chilly nights dancing to the salsa, meringue,...
Cocuy , Colombia
Café-Bar Escocés is a newly opened intimate meeting place on the corner of the plaza in El Cocuy. Low rainbow lights play across the paintings of hometown legend Roberto Arango. The drink menu has Cocuyano favorites such as canelazo (warm aguardiente with lemon and spices), aguardiente and beer,...
Cocuy , Colombia
Steam rising from the pots bathes doña Marta’s face as she dishes up another bowl of soup. Her family is out in the five-table dining rooms, bustling from one customer to another. The main dish comes next with meat, rice and veggies. With a drink made from bottled water, this lunch (or dinner)...
Cocuy , Colombia
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