Pollo Frito La Casona

Top choice in Northwestern Costa Rica


This family-owned, roadside food truck serves up lip-smacking fried chicken that would rival any such business in San José, along with some other fun surprises: giant emu eggs from the attached farm (which you can tour), for instance. The fried-chicken cook, Roy, is a super nice guy and a wealth of information about the area.

His family also runs a campground (US$7 per person per night) beside the truck with flush toilets and hot showers.


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