Puerto Rico Restaurant Week will return for its 7th edition, June 1-10, giving foodies the opportunity to visit restaurants of their choice and taste a variety of menus at fixed and affordable prices.
Recognizing the importance of gastronomy in the island’s economic development and tourism, the Department of Agriculture and the Puerto Rico Tourism Company have joined forces to work on what will be the island’s areas of gastronomic tourism.
Puerto Rico will celebrate the fourth edition of the “Puerto Rico Restaurant Week” gastronomic event, slated to take place from May 27 to June 3.
Positioning Puerto Rico as a gastronomic tourism destination could yield more visitors, grow agriculture to make the island more sustainable and create jobs, food and hospitality industry professionals said ahead of the first Conference of Gastronomic Tourism of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean to be held next week.
With the goal of raising awareness and educating about the importance of gastronomic tourism for the island’s economic development, Cultura Culinaria will sponsor the first Gastronomic Tourism Congress for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, May 6-7 at the José A. (Tony) Santana International School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts at the Universidad del Este in Carolina.
Latitud Sur, a “pop-up” restaurant that will open in Ponce as part of the North to South Gastronomic Fair taking place Sept. 19-22, will gather some of the island’s best chefs who will offer contemporary Puerto Rican food during the eatery’s short stint in front of Sears Home Life at the Plaza del Caribe mall, organizers said.
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