Waffler Avenue, a local retail concept created by Puerto Rican entrepreneur Rey Ramón, will open this week in the San Patricio area of Guaynabo to offer its menu of Belgian waffles, specialty coffee and handcrafted chocolates.
Metropolitan area foodies have two new options in fine dining with the recent openings of a pair of restaurants featuring very different menus. While newcomer Bodega Las Tablas in Santurce offers authentic Spanish fare, Salt Gastrobar in Isla Verde serves up modernist cuisine, combined with innovative luxury cocktails.
Puerto Rico retail sales reported a slight year-over-year uptick of .50 percent in August with sales reaching $2.96 billion in comparison to the same month in 2012, when activity reached $2.95 billion, representing a $15 million jump in sales, Puerto Rico Trade and Export Executive Director Francisco Chévere confirmed Thursday.
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