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Ave. 9 y Calle 15, 1 block S. de Amistad.

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I had dinner at Cafe Mundo last week and it was very good. I had one of the specials that night (tuna), more food than I could eat and the service was excellent. I'll have dinner there again when I return in a week and a half.

I was there twice with my girl in January. She is 5-10 and very hot so I was looking to possibly upgrade in this spot because of the atmosphere.

Not one sighting of something close to doable in two visits.

Now I know why such a nice place did not have very many hot chics there! Who would have thunk it. The fried swimps were huge. 4 of them. The lomito was tender and cooked to my request of med /well.

They had one whole page devoted to Pizza! All kinds! Except hamburger! I dont think I saw hamburger pizza in that menu?

There was this bread that the hostess brought out as an appetizer. A few pieces looked like cake, cookies, bread, I dont know, but they were all horrible.

Good prices! Nice atomsophere!

Put me in the frame of mind of being in a wanna be movie star hangout in Brentwood or Malibu! Rodeo drive? 9010201 or whatever the hell the name of that show was?
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That was "Beverly Hills 90210". Spanky told me that was his favorite show of all time, and he used to rub one off every time Tori Spelling insisted that she was a virgin!

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Hate to break it to you Troll Boy Jr., I have never seen 90210 nor do I watch network television. So apparently we just hit your comfort zone for TV Trivia.

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Big crowd of us went there on El S B-Day. Plenty of good pics. I will post the ones I have once I get clearance from a few guys.
Food was great as usual ... First time I tried the Spaghetti.

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I've been disappointed in Cafe Mundo this trip. First day of arrival [2/6] I went to Mundo and got the seafood soup......about $10 for a serving slightly bigger than a coffee cup.

Hey, Brother Zebra, don't forget there's likely a number of gay mongers here too--they of necessity fly well under the radar. Don't know if you'll see them at Cafe Mundo though.

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Cafe Mundo took care of a table full of hungry people the other night for Elsilenceos birthday dinner. From what I saw everyone was well taken care of.

I have never had a bad meal there.

Don't forget to order the garlic toast as a side

I hate to burst some of your bubbles but Cafe Mundo is DEFINITELY a gay restaurant. That doesn't mean most of its customers aren't straight (most of them are). Nor does it mean that there's anything wrong with the food or atmosphere there (unless you're a complete homophobe). And it certainly doesn't mean that us gringos have to worry about being homosexually assaulted if they use their restroom (that sounds totally absurd) any more than gringas have to worry about unwanted sexual advances by mongers at places where we predominate.

I could be wrong but, as a group that faces the same sort of ostracism and disapproval from the mainstream that we as mongers face, I don't think that most gay tourists to SJ are nearly as judgmental about our hobby as more mainstream tourists. And I think that most mongers take a similar hands-off live-and-let-live view of their lifestyle choices. I know that I personally don't care if the patrons at the table next to mine are 2 men holding hands any more than anyone else should care if its an old gringo and a young chica.

There is actually a huge gay scene in CR and SJ that most of us are only marginally aware of. It goes well beyond the TV streetwalkers or Puchos that we sometimes like to joke about. I first became aware of it several years ago when I was looking at businesses to buy in SJ and saw an ad for a beautiful hotel that was for sale named Colours. Not having the gaydar that some of you seem to have, I didn't understand the significance of that name at first, until I started to look over their website. It was then that I discovered the significant gay tourist subculture in SJ similar to our own monger one. They even have their own Gay SJ Map similar to our VIP map but featuring gay venues like Puchos, Avispas, Club Oh! and Sauna Paris as well as mutually appreciated business like Cafe Mundo and Tin Jo.

I think we'd much sooner see a gay discount at Cafe Mundo before we'd ever see a CRT one there. www.gay-costarica.net lists just 2 restaurants in their directory of gay businesses. One is Cafe Mundo (the other is Olio in Barrio Escalante, another good place to eat). The Colours website has this to say about those 2 places: "Cafe Mundo : a beautiful setting in lush gardens where gay men adn (sic) lesbians and their friends can enjoy delicious traditional food. Olio: this sophisticated Italian eatery offers fine food in an elegant gay atmosphere." They also list Tin Jo and Esquina de Buenos Aires as recommended restaurants though they don't actually "out them" as "gay businesses".
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One last comment about Cafe Mundo. I've had a lot of good meals there and would still recommend the place but feel I should let others know that the one and only time I've ever become sick (violently ill as it turned out)from eating at a restaurant in SJ was a couple of visits ago at Cafe Mundo. I think it was probably from the dinner salad though it could have also been from a weakened immune system. My "date" for the evening had the exact same entree and he felt fahbulous afterwards.

Pro,

This begs the question as to 'what is a gay restaurant?' Not being an expert in this area, I would assume that it might mean that it is either owned by gays or that it caters primarily to gays. I don't know about Cafe Mundo, but Tin Jo is not owned by gays. However, I've seen a lot of seemingly gay patrons in both establishments.



Not that I am a medical professional, either licensed or educated , but I'm willing to venture a guess here, that the salad you ate, was fine at the time it was served to your 'date,' but it might have gone bad by the time you eventually tossed it?

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Ciao, I believe Cafe Mundo is gay owned and managed. Tin Jo may not be a gay restaurant per se in the sense that it is owned, operated or even catering primarily towards gays. However, for whatever it is worth, like Cafe Mundo and Olio, it IS one of just a small handful of restaurants in SJ that are being specifically recommended on gay CR travel sites.

As for the last comments in my post, they were done tongue-in-cheek and tossing someone else's salad would really be the furthest thing from my mind, though just the thought of it makes me feel much sicker even then I felt that night. Hopefully, you guys know me well enough to realize I wasn't really serious about that. I AM completely serious however about SOMETHING I ate at Cafe Mundo (probably the salad) making me violently (couldn't make it to the bathroom quick enough) ill.

There you go again