Recommended Restaurants at Playa Ocotal, Playa Coco and Playa Hermosa (Near Villa Toucan): Picante Restaurant at Bahia Pez Vela.  The Casado (meal of the house) is always great as are the salads.   Restauante Casa Bonita.  Awesome Mexican place on the road from Coco towards Liberia (on the right at the Ladera development).  Great atmosphere, authentic and delicious food (at least four different kinds of salsas), great service and a roasted apple/ice cream desert you could die for.   Marisquería Milanés In Coco, on the right as you're leaving town.  Our favorite seafoood place.  Great selection of ceviche and other seafood.  Can't go wrong here, has a real local flavor and even a little playground for kids. Villa Italia Great and authentic Italian fare in a quaint restaurant tucked away in a Tico residential neighborhood.   Totally reasonable prices and great atmosphere.  Villa Italia La Dolce Vida: In Playa del Coco.  Excellent moderately priced Italian food. Father Roosters: Right on the beach at Playa Ocotal.  Good fish and others.  Moderately priced. Captain Morgan's: On the road from Sardinal to Coco.  Very reasonably priced.  Good pasta, pizza and local dishes. Villa del Sueno: In Playa Hermosa.  More upscale and gourmet cuisine.  Nice live (Canadian/US)music on some nights. Claudio y Gloria's  One of the oldest Coco restaurants. Great seafood and right by the beach in Coco.  Claudio y Gloria website. Papagaya Seafood Restaurant:   In Playa del Coco.  Very reliable, good seafood and pastas.   Soda Papagayo: In Playa del Coco.  Excellent quick and cheap local eatery.  Try the Plato del dia. La Choza de Laurel Great outdoor place near the airport.  Go past the airport towards Liberia and it is less than 1K on the right.  Really great upscale Tico fare.   Ginger. Upscale asian fusion restaurant in Playa Hermosa.  Tapas style.  A bit pricey but excellent. Pop's Ice Cream next to the Automercado in Coco.  Cool tropical flavors like guava and cas and great regular flavors also. Local Fruit and Vegetable Stand  at the triangle on the road from Coco to Ocotal, just before you turn left.   Grocery Stores:  There are four in Coco.  Automercado at the Pacifico complex, on your right as you enter Coco from the airport, is the spiffy one with sushi and organic vegetables (and corresponding prices).  Across the street is the more genuine Luperon where the locals shop, with their dogs in tow.   As you turn left to go to Ocotal on your right is the SuperCompro, a medium option.   Get fish from the local fish market and grill it on the villa BBQ: Directions to fish market:  drive out of Ocotal towards Coco.  About 200 meters before the School on the left (and before the last bridge) there is a dirt road.  Turn left and go over a tiny bridge about 50 meters and the local fish market is on your left.