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Linda Vista Restaurant
"Restaurante de las Tarjetas"
History
- Mr. Gonzalo Rivera.
History
- Built by Edgar Montealegre.
Interesting aspects of its history
Interesting aspects of its history
- They have more than 30 thousand cards, several thousand bills and other things like t-shirts, caps, or thoughts written on napkins, which people also like to leave.
- In 1974 a rice merchant from Guanacaste put a card to advertise his business and since then the walls have been loaded with thousands or millions of souvenirs.
- Now, the paper of that man who started this tradition was lost among all the messages left by visitors filling every corner of the place. Currently the owners do not know where the card is.
Description Of The Place
- It’s a very typical place located in the Carta...
- It’s a very typical place located in the Cartago Mountains.
- It’s a small restaurant, painted a nice green color with a three wheels of the traditional oxcart.
- Its walls are full of messages and cards that all its visitors have left over 43 years of history.
- The cards are placed by the same visitors, who choose the site and how they will leave their memory, with total freedom.
- Very few people come to the place and leave without having left their memory; even many returning visitors after some time, do so to find what they left on their first visit.
- The cards are not replaced or moved, even if one falls, they are waiting to pick it up and put it back in its place.
- Its walls are full of messages and cards that a...
- In addition to the cards, its other attraction is the spectacular view that can be seen on the way up to the Irazú Volcano.
- In addition to the cards, its other attraction ...
Schedule
- This restaurant is open all week.
- From 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Schedule
Routes To Arrive
2km north of Carlos Duran Sanatorium, San Juan de Chicuá, Cartago Province.
Routes To Arrive
From San José
From San José
From Cartago
From Cartago
Food
- Thousands of visitors to the Irazu Volcano stop on their way to the volcano for breakfast or on the way back as we did for an “Aguadulce” and handmade tortillas. They offer a variety of options for breakfast, lunch or coffee time.
- The specialty: Costa Rican Typical Food.
Food
Some of their food dishes are:
"Tortilla"
"Tortilla"
- Made with corn and cheese dough, another bit of cheese over and sour cream.
- $5 approx.
"Gallo Pinto"
Typical Gallo Pinto made with rice and beans accompanied by fried eggs, cheese and tortillas.
$6 approx.
"Gallo Pinto"
"Casado"
- It consists of beans, rice with, fried plantains, a cabbage salad with tomato and carrot, and a choice of meat between chicken, fish, pork, or steak with grilled onions. Sometimes the casado includes french fries.
- $9 approx.
"Casado"
"Olla De Carne"
- It is a soup with chunks of beef, potatoes, carrots, chayotes, plantains, yuccas, sweet potatoes, green plantains, and camotes.
- $9 approx.
"Olla De Carne"
Cream Of Asparagus Soup
- It's a hot soup made with asparagus, sweet cream, onion and lemon juice.
- $5 approx.