Mamey Librería Café

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This fashionable cafe, art gallery, bookstore and cinema is housed within the charming former abode of Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi, one of the Dominican Republic's first historians. Featuring stone courtyards, a fountain with a flowering trinitaria and vertical gardens, the space is ideal for relaxing with a book or grabbing a drink with friends. The small menu includes empanadas, salads, quiche and hummus and falafel.

Mamey is serious about coffee: choose from French press, pour over, Chemex, iced, a nutella frappe or a cup mixed with mamajuana.

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