Jackietrehorn wrote:
BangBang57 wrote:
"Best prices"?? As far as "sodas" go in Costa Rica the ones in the market are among the most expensive- almost double the price of many equally good sodas!!
Higher yes! Double, no!
But the advantages are ppl watching and food variety. Those are worth something.
First, I said "ALMOST" double the price of "MANY" equally good sodas.
Second, many sodas in downtown are open to the street and offer similar people watching, some even better (IMHO).
Third, food variety???? Are we talking about the same "Central Market"? Every soda there has almost exactly the same menu (Muy Tico Menu). In fact most of the food is actually cooked in kitchens overhead on the second floor and I know for a fact there is a LOT of sharing of items. In fact 7 of the sodas use the SAME kitchen.
Using one of my favorite sodas as an example and comparing it to San Cristabal and a couple of the other more popular sodas in Mercado Central:
ABC soda-- also on Central but between C9 and C11 (1 1/2 blocks from the REY) a casada is c2900 including a drink (natural or tea) and is more food than I can eat. In the sodas in the Market it is c3500- c3900 plus the drink (c1500-c1800). And ABC is higher than many of the sodas downtown.
Again, I am not saying guys should not go to, nor try, the sodas in the Mercado Central. I was just trying to correct what I saw (IMHO) as an incorrect statement by the OP.
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