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Eating and drinking
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There are plenty of good
restaurants
in Placencia but places change management fast, so it's worth asking locally for the latest recommendations. Most places close early; you'll certainly have a better choice if you're at the table by 8pm. The
Pickled Parrot Bar & Grill
, just beyond Wallen's Market, is consistently the best restaurant in the village, serving fresh seafood and international dishes. Just beyond here
BJ's Restaurant
serves the best-value Belizean meal in the village. Opposite, the
Purple Space Monkey Internet CafAŠ
, which opens early and closes late, offers good coffee, breakfasts and burgers under a huge thatched roof. At the south end of the village (turn right past the gas station),
Merlene's Restaurant
(tel 523-3210) is usually the first to open, serving great breakfasts with good coffee; lunch and dinner are equally good, especially for fish, but the place is tiny so you may want to book. A few steps beyond here, built over the water,
Tentacles
has a superb location for enjoying the sunset, though the food - mainly steaks, pasta and seafood - can be variable.
The best-value
food counter
in Placencia, serving fried chicken and rice and beans, doesn't even have a name, but is easy to find: turn left at the end of the road and ask for Pearl. Fresh
bread
is available from John The Bakerman, signed from the sidewalk, and from a number of local women who bake Creole bread and buns.
Daisy's Ice Cream Parlour
, set back from the sidewalk, just south of the
Seaspray Hotel
, has long been deservedly popular for its
ice cream, cakes
and
snacks
, and also serves full meals. Other useful information
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Belize,
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