Riesen
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An intimate El Cangrejo dining room serving a daily-changing, market-driven tasting menu — contemporary Panamanian cooking built around the season's best local produce and seafood.
Barrio Pizza
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Panama City's most loved pizza — artisan Neapolitan pies baked in a wood-fired oven since 2015. Leopard-spotted crusts, quality toppings and a loyal following that has grown to 10+ locations across Panama. The Via Argentina original remains the one to beat.
Siete Granos
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A relaxed, welcoming café on the ground floor of Edificio Roslyn in El Cangrejo. Siete Granos is a neighbourhood favourite for its very good coffee, calm atmosphere, and long hours — open early for the breakfast crowd and staying on until 8pm most days.
Coffee Max
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A sleek coffee truck set up in a lush outdoor terrace on C. Elvira Méndez, with rattan chairs, turf underfoot, palm trees, and parasols. Coffee Max uses illy beans and offers WiFi — a rare open-air café spot that feels like a mini escape in the middle of the city.
Pulpa Specialty Coffee
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El Cangrejo roastery that also runs its own coffee bar. 4.9★. They roast in-house — pour-overs and espresso both taken seriously.
Casa Valiente
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Small café on C. Enrique Geenzier in El Cangrejo. Plants everywhere, good coffee, regulars know the staff by name. 4.8★.