For dinner, a local BBQ place was recommended. Actually, it was a convenience store with a grill in the front, with a giant rack of chicken, chorizo and lots of steaks. We ordered some of each, and some salad and vegetables, and ate on tables out in the front. Clearly a very local spot, if I lived there I'd likely have take-out a lot, nice to grab a steak or cooked chicken on the way home. Photo of Juan, the cocinero at the BBQ.
After dinner, we walked around La Barra. We stopped in a very upscale place that looked like a shop, couldn't believe they were open at 11:30 and playing music. In fact, it was a Nike store, and although we weren't in the mood to shop for shoes, we wandered through the different rooms, including one with a spongy floor, probably made of the stuff that's inside of the Nike heels that gives the "bounce". A guy who looked like an aging California surfer chatted us up ("Where you from? What do you think of Uruguay? etc.). Turns out he's an Argentine named Eugenio who has been regularly visiting Punta del Este for 17 years, and loves the place. He spoke great English, and gave us recommendations on where to go, and what we should see.
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