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Allegre

A large restaurant offering mainly Italian and Filipino dishes. Highest prices in town for pasta. Pool table downstairs, table is in better shape than at the one at Why Not? and there are usually fewer players competing for it.

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Why Not?
One-stop shopping? Restaurant, deli, disco, karaoke, cyber cafe, billiard room, and travel agent under one roof. Beer here is sometimes among the cheapest in town, at PHP 42 in the restaurants in the afternoon, but higher at other times and PHP 90 at the disco.
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Paseo Perdices
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MELs Cafe
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Gerry's Bar and Grill
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