El Garabato

Puerto Rico


El Garabato is more of a typical pub than a club. Here students swing by for a quick one between classes or stop to play dominoes with the regulars. Its happy-hour prices get you US$1 beers; you'll be charged around US$6 to get into the Red Baron (the city's classic dance club) upstairs if there's live music.

The way to do it is to get tanked up in El Garabato before staggering upstairs to jump to reggaeton, rap, hip-hop and Spanish rock.


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