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Dining in Puerto Montt


Whether you're looking for something to pick up for dinner or just something to feast your eyes on, the fish market at the Caleta Algelmo port has the greatest variety of seafood in the country. The colorful Pacific catch is laid out fresh each day.

Among the city's fastest growing industries is salmon export- mosey into a waterfront café and try some while you're visiting! When the boats come in each afternoon, some of the fish are headed straight for Puerto Montt's restaurants. Feast on savory delights like oversize barnacles, clams, oysters, baked scallops, grilled salmon or sawfish, and even lobster. One of the famed local specialties is called curanto-it's shellfish, meats and vegetables that are cooked underground in a hole lined with hot stones. Try one of these restaurants:

Feria Artesenal Angelmo (at the port)
Caleta Angelmo
Delights: Any and every kind of seafood at this vibrant marketplace filled with vendors, cafes, and restaurants.

Restaurante Kiel
Camino Chinquihue, Km 8, Chinquihue
Delights: Curanto, fresh vegetables from the garden.

Balzac
Urmeneta 305
Delights: grilled salmon, baked scallops.

Club de Yates
Av. Juan Soler Manfredini 200
Delights: Grilled or barbecued fish and shellfish.

Restaurante Los Ventanales
Balneario Pelluco
Delights: Fresh fish and seafood of all kinds.

Club Aleman
Antonio Varas 264
Delights: Oddly enough, freshwater trout is the specialty here!

Rapa Nui
Andres Bello 978
Delights: Empanadas-traditional cheese filled or meat, seafood and vegetable.

Desserts
While the seafood here is as delectable as it is varied, Puerto Montt has not forsaken its Bavarian roots. Eateries all around the city serve some of the best cakes and tarts in the southern hemisphere. For a delicious treat (kuchen, a German-style tart, stands out), try one of these cafes:

Cafe Central
Rancagua 117
Delights: Afternoon tea or coffee, raspberry kuchen and other pastries, ice cream.

Cafe Dino
Antonio Varas 550
Delights: Pastries and tarts all the way at this bakery!

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