Opposite an out-of-town shopping center lies its very antithesis: El Negocio de Panchi, a time-lost esoteric wooden house with a handful of tables, serving excellent culinary creations including mushrooms stuffed with Manchego, lamb shank with root mash, or puff-pastry escargots. It's 3 miles northeast of the city center but worth the drive to sample some of Ponce's most authentic cooking.
El Negocio de Panchi
Ponce
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