Santiago have a small but interesting cuisine. Small market stands offer inexpensive Chilean favorites. Restaurants offers the finest in European, American and Latin American food. Some with nice folkloric shows.

Nightlife ranges from casual cafes festooned to upscale lounges serving typical pisco sours. Cinema, theater, ballet and opera are quite popular.

Cool places in Santiago

• Phone Box Pub: Avenida Providencia 1652, galería El Patio, Providencia. Phone: +56 2 235 9972.
• Flannery's Irish Pub: Encomenderos 83, Las Condes. Phone: +56 2 2336675.
• Blondie: Avenida Libertador Bernardo O´Higgins 2879, Santiago. Phone: +56 2 681 7793. Email: mailto:info@blondie.cl.
• La Tasca Mediterránea: Dominica 35, Barrio Bellavista, Providencia.Phone: +56 2 7371542.
• La Batuta: Jorge Washington 52, Ñuñoa, Santiago. Phone: +56 2 274 7096. Email: batuta@netnow.cl