New restaurants in La Paz

There has been a flurry of new restaurants recently opening for business in La Paz. We are starting to try them out and report our findings.

So far we went to:

Caprichios: Beautiful building belonging to the Aramburo clan. Nicely decorated, great ambiance. The service was lousy, some of the items were not available on the menu, food OK but nothing to write home about. Supposedly they have great pizzas, so will give it one more try. But currently not on our list of must-go-to places.

Las Tres Virgines: Even in their new location still on the top of our list. Great ambiance, also an old Aramburo house (the first residence for the governors of Baja California), the food is consistently incredible good as is the service. A bit on the pricey side, but hey, we don't go there every day. Definitely on our must-go-to place list.

Placeres Argentinos: Dennis and Susan of Two Can Play told us about this place and we went together to check it out. Located in a residential area close to the government offices on Isabela Catolica, it has great ambiance, the food is very good (try the lomo pampeano), reasonable wine prices and great service. On our will-go again list.

Il Rustico: A new Italian Trattoria style restaurant in downtown La Paz, is very nicely decorated, has great thin crust pizzas (try the Parma ham pizza, it's delicious), very reasonable wine prices and fantastic service. Again, a definite will-go again place.

As we try out more new digs, we'll report accordingly.