Puerto Plata, a gastronomic offer that integrates traditional and international Puerto Plata, the starting point for mass tourism in the Dominican Republic, has a varied gastronomic offer, based on its oldest traditions and with an impressive international proposal. From the most typical proposals such as melao chocolates, a tradition from the municipalities of Imbert and Luperón that people usually enjoy accompanied by the typical leafy cheese of the region, in the numerous artisanal factories in the area. In the area of the main municipality, tradition is marked by emblematic products such as the Julia Cookies, shortbread cookies, made in an artisanal way, with the same recipe of its creator in her house on Cardenal Sancha Street, the Bojos quipes on Margarita Street Mears, Gerry Gilbert’s bread on that same street and Doña Agustina’s sweets at José Del Carmen Ariza. The municipality of Maimón is the headquarters of fish in the province, with dozens of restaurants located on the same road, where you can enjoy various specialty options, fried fish, but also grilled or boiled, as well as all kinds seafood. Fish and seafood can be enjoyed throughout the province in different restaurants, with a wide range of local restaurant options for Creole, Italian food, pizzerias, fast food restaurants, Indian food and others. The Playa Dorada complex has numerous specialty restaurants that the public can enjoy, even if they are not staying in their hotels. In Sosúa and Cabarete, international food options multiply; in every corner there are alternatives to enjoy German, Italian, Canadian, Irish and other food. In Cabarete, with the additional attraction of its restaurants located around the beach, with tables on the sand itself. But the offer is expanded to all municipalities, with interesting proposals, in Imbert, Guananico, Los Hidalgos, Villa Isabela and Luperón, as well as in the heights of Altamira, home of the best chocolate in the region or to the Yasica district to taste the Yaroa Coffee.
