Managua Granada Managua El Churrasco Next to Hotel Intercontinental –Metrocentro Phone: 2271-9147. Traditional Nicaraguan steak restaurant. Zacatelimon Café Centro comercial el Tiangue Phone: 2255-0504. Great salad and sandwich lunch place. (Owned by Roxana’s cousin) MID’LI Centro comercial el Tiangue Phone: 2255-0512. Great sandwich place. La Boheme Zona Viva, Galeria Santo Domingo Phone: 2276-5288. Mediterranean restaurant. El Mezon Espanol Zona Viva Galeria Santo Domingo Phone: 2276-5293. Spanish restaurant. Marea Alta Galeria Santo Domingo Zona Viva Phone: 2278-2459. Seafood restaurant. Granada* Casa San Francisco Pan-Latin, $$. Calle Corral, N of city center. www.casasanfrancisco.com. Around the corner from the eponymous church, San Francisco serves 'panlatin' cuisine, including moles (spicy sauce made with chilies, chocolate and served with meat), nachos, pupusas (a cornmeal mass stuffed with cheese or refried beans) and fajitas (marinated and grilled strips of meat served with a flour tortilla and savory fillings), plus a good happy hour with margaritas and a fabulous Sunday brunch (10:00 to 15:00) for nursing your hangover. Doña Conchi Spanish, $$. Calle El Caimito, city center. Excellent Spanish cuisine is served in a lovely garden, lit by candles in the evening. Prices aren't cheap, but the ambience and sangria (iced punch made from red wine, fruit juice and soda water) are unbeatable, and from time to time Conchi breaks out her castanets to dance for the lucky few. El Zaguán Regional, $$. Parque Central & Calle La Calzada, city center. The best restaurant in town does succulent firegrilled meats, wonderfully prepared guapote (rainbow bass) from the lake or sea bass from the Pacific, all in a cozy dining room where dueling mariachi trios descend at sunset. Make reservations in the high season. Restaurante Frutti D'Mare Seafood/Italian, $$. SE of city center. There are probably a dozen restaurants in this area, most of the 'fried fish and cold beer' variety, but the standout is Restaurante Frutti D'Mare, with Italianstyle seafood and a good wine list. *Reviews courtesy of Lonely Planet Top