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A Page in the Sun Cafe - South Side/Romantic Zone - 299 Olas Altas.  Tel: 222-3608 Puerto Vallarta coffee shop and english used bookstore (photo left) with delicious lattes, pastries, bagels, baguettes and pies. Friendly service and a great location have made this a favorite among locals and tourists for decades, with street side seating. A relaxing place to converse, sit and read, play chess or watch the local scene pass by. A personal favorite.  Daily, 7:30am-11:30pm. Aquarius - Centro/Downtown - 523 Juarez.  Tel: 223-5700, 223-5707 Internet and cafe with 20 flat screens, web cameras. Web page development, computers and accessories for sale. High speed internet at 15 pesos per hour. Daily, 8am-11pm. the Big Kahuna - South Side - 152 Basilio Badillo at Olas Altas.  Tel: 223-2273 Another of Olas Atlas street's popular sidewalk cafes and pastry shops serving coffee, crepes, fruit smoothies, salads, sandwiches and pastries.  Daily, 8am-Midnight the Book Store - North Side - Plaza Caracol, Tel: 224-1872 The largest English language bookstore in Puerto Vallarta with new books, magazines and papers. Spanish titles as well as special orders. Right across from the entrance to Soriana department store inside Plaza Caracol.  Mon-Sat, 10am-9pm; Sun, 10am-8pm Cafe Canela - North Side - 105-A Lucerna.  Tel: 293-5423 Got time for a good coffee and rich pastry in the hotel zone, here's a good place. Pies, variety of coffees, ice cream, sandwiches. Across the highway from the Home Depot.  Mon-Sat, 8am-10pm Cafe Catedral - South Side/Zona Romantica - 315 Basilio Badillo. Tel: 223-0318 Restaurant bar cafe with salads, baguettes, desserts, expresso, cappuccino and other fun food and drinks. Organic coffee from Chiapas available.  Mon-Sat, 8am-2pm, 6pm-9pm Cafe Oro Verde - Central - 728 Juarez, upstairs.  Tel: 222-3159 Some people say the best coffee in town can be found at the Cafe Oro Verde, and they roast their own beans. You might miss coming across this place as it's in an upstairs 2nd floor location. I like the bohemian spacious atmosphere that's comfortable for reading and writing, with delish sandwiches too. And here's another good but shorter list of Puerto Vallarta Cafes and Coffee Shops from JR at Vallarta Info.  Mon-Fri, 8am-10pm; Sat 9am-3pm. Cafe San Angel - South Side - 449 Olas Altas.  Tel: 223-1273 This open sidewalk cafe serves coffee, crepes, fruit smoothies, salads, sandwiches, pastries and desserts. Breakfast and Mexican specialties such as nachos, burritos and enchiladas also available. I prefer their smoothies and desserts to their coffee. Another good choice on the Olas Altas street for people watching, with tables outside and couches and chairs inside. Often with loud live guitar music on the weekends.  Daily, 8:30am-2am. Cafe Sumatra - Central/Downtown - 876-A Paseo Diaz Ordaz.  Tel: 222-0092 Recently opened cafe-bar along the malecon in the same block as McDonald's, serving breakfast-lunch with smoothies, coffees of all kind, baguettes, salads and sandwiches. Seating inside with a/c at 10 or 12 tables, or along the outside terrace with a good spot for Puerto Vallarta malecon watching. Friendly service. Daily, 10am-10pm Cafe Vayan - South Side/Old Town - 350 Olas Altas.  Tel: 222-0092 Combination cafe-bar-internet with food and drink. Long distance calling to the US and Canada. 30 pesos per hour for internet on the 8-10 computers. Popular with its street side seating.  Daily, 8am-11pm

Choco Banana - South Side - 147 Amapas.  Tel: 222-2114
A local spot popular for years for its chocolate covered bananas, smoothies, milkshakes and strong cups of morning coffee. Serving breakfast at Choco Banana and lunch and dinner in the Banana Cantina restaurant upstairs, 4pm-11pm. Menu includes salads, sandwiches, avocado enchiladas, crab ravioli, sea bass and two shrimp dishes.  Downstairs, Mon-Sat, 8am-2am

Ciber Milenium - South Side - 374 Francisco Madero, Tel: 222-1770 and Downtown - 335 Libertad, Tel: 222-0611
One of the cheapest internet access rates in Puerto Vallarta, 5 pesos for 1-30 minutes, 10 pesos per hour, with some fifteen computers, public fax, scanner, games. Air-conditioned.  Mon-Sat, 9am-10:30pm; Sun, 10am-10pm

Ciber Internet - South Side - 328 Francisco Madero.
Ten or twelve computers at 10 pesos per hour. Across the street from the Sonido Rana record store.  Mon-Sat, 9am-11pm; Sun, 10am-10pm

the Coffee Cup - South Side - 146 Rodolfo Gomez, Tel: 222-8584 and Marina - Puesta del Sol Condominiums, locale #14, Tel: 221-2517  **
Coffee in the morning, afternoon and evening. Coffee, smoothies, fresh baked goods, breakfast and sandwiches in a pleasant atmosphere; wireless internet access. Featuring contemporary Mexican art from Galeria Flores. Friendly service at this popular gay-owned meeting place and handsome staff at the Rodolfo Gomez shop.  Daily, 7am-11pm on South Side and in the Marina it's Daily, 5am-10pm

Colores Creative Group - South Side - 329-A Basillo Badillo.  Tel: 223-2040 or Cell: 044-322-223-2040  **
Internet access at 20 pesos the hour. This business offers strategy, design, graphic design, copywriting, translation, photography, printing services and lending professional expertise to providing essential communication services. www.colorespv.com

Cyber Smoothie Cafe - South Side - 111 Rodolfo Gomez, Local #3.  Tel: 223-4784  **
Located at the Hotel San Marino plaza, with 9 computers and 2 laptops for surfing the internet, high speed DSL, wireless, scanner and fax, as well as a selection of delicious smoothies, juices, sandwiches, salads and coffees. Owner Leonardo Tejeda is also a certified massage therapist and has recently bought the gay bar Sama on Olas Altas street.  Daily, 9am-10pm

Cyber Zone Cafe - 213 Insurgentes.  Tel: 222-8096
Internet access on ten computers at the inexpensive rate of 5 pesos for 1-30 minutes and 10 pesos an hour. Between Madero and Lazaro Cardenas streets. Sun-Fri, 10am-11pm 

Heart Coffee Deli & Bar - South Side - 419 Basilio Badillo.  Tel: 222-0828  **
Restaurant deli bar cafe lounge. The pleasant place has a gay theme decor but all are welcome. Lunch cuisine is deli style with salads, baguettes and paninis, while in the evening it's chicken seafood beef and lamb...and then the coffee, imported from France.  Mon-Sat, 8am-Midnight

Internet Cyber - South Side - 150 Ignacio Vallarta.
Some 10 or 11 computers, scanner, copies and fax services. 8 pesos per 1/2 hour and 15 pesos an hour. At the corner of Ignacio Vallarta and Aguiles Serdan streets, up from Gutierrez Rizo's supermarket.  Daily, 9am-11pm

Kaiser Maximilian Espresso Cafe - South Side - 380 Olas Altas.  Tel: 222-5058, 223-0760
Serving breakfast and lunch as well as Austrian pastries, ice cream combinations and 20 different types of coffees.  Mon-Sat, 8am-Midnight

Mundo Ciber - 594 Lazaro Cardenas - South Side.  Tel: 222-8377
Internet on 30+ flat screens, long distance calls, technical support, design and installation, scanning. Inexpensive internet access at 10 pesos per hour.  Daily, 8:30am-Midnight

Pie in the Sky - South Side - 247 Lazaro Cardenas.  Tel: 223-8183
Known in the Banderas Bay area for their fine pastries, cakes and chocolates. Also serving a full range of hot and cold coffees: cappuccino, latte, espresso and mocha. Delicious cheese, chicken empanadas, scones and muffins; their Belgian chocolate cakes and the famous triple chocolate Beso are to salivate over. Wifi wireless internet. Check out the site for Pie in the Sky, a favorite Puerto Vallarta Cafe and Pastry shop. They deliver.  Daily, 9am-10pm.

PV Cafe.com - South Side - 246 Olas Altas.  Tel: 223-3308
One of Vallarta's main cyber cafes with full bar and eatery, ten computers, fax, wireless internet and long distance calling. Outdoor sidewalk seating available and they serve sandwiches, salads, ice cream and desserts. Pleasant ambiance with good food and drink.  Daily, 7am-midnight.

Roberto's bar cafe - Downtown - 123 Guerrero at the New Malecon.  Tel: 222-8057
Cafe bar deli on the New Malecon at Guerrero street, with some 12-15 tables outside for conversation and eating the delicious bagels, smoothies, cafe latte and frappuccino, pastries and sandwiches. Liquor and beer also available. A good spot to relax and people watch as the crowds pass by on the ocean-front malecon boardwalk, especially on weekends.  Daily, 8am-Midnight

Starbucks - Central - Main downtown plaza and North Side - Plaza Peninsula, Local B-1.  Tel: 221-3387
Yes they're here in Puerto Vallarta too and you know the story. Wireless internet access.  Daily, 7am-11pm

The Deli - South Side/Old Town - 311-A V. Carranza.  Tel: 223-9523
Gourmet picnic lunches, take-home dinners, daily baked breads, fresh bagels, baguettes and cookies. Catering for events and meetings by the owners of Daiquiri Dick’s, one of Puerto Vallarta's long standing and most famous restaurants.  Mon-Sat, 8am-6pm.

Uncommon Grounds Chill Out Lounge - South Side - 625 Lazaro Cardenas.  Tel: 223-3834   **
Puerto Vallarta restaurant, lounge, cafe, aromatherapy bar, boutique. Unique in Vallarta - a multi-sensory experience. Reservations recommended Fri and Sat evenings. Menu includes Shrimp nirvana salad, Bleeker street BLT, Casablanca and Mediterranean wrap and other savory dishes. Uncommon Grounds in Puerto Vallarta is woman owned and operated.  October to June: Weds-Sun, 5pm to closing; food until 11:30pm.

Unique Internet - South Side - 429 Basilio Badillo at Jacarandas.  Tel: 222-6233  **
Eight brand new flat screen, high speed computers on high speed connection for surfing the internet.  Mon-Sat, 9am-6pm.
 

Bakeries & Pastry Shops - Panaderias y Pastelerias

Artisan Bakery - Centro - 875 Morelos.  Tel: 222-4979
Mon-Fri, 8am-7pm; Sun, 8am-2pm

Los Chatos - North Side - 359 Ave. Francisco Villa.  Tel: 223-0485
Their specialty is cakes. Most clients request the blackberry cheesecake or the mouth-watering "tres leches", a Mexican delightful specialty. Single slices at 30 pesos.  Daily, 7am-10pm

Pie in the Sky - South Side - 247 Lazaro Cardenas.  Tel: 223-8183
Famous in the Banderas Bay area for their fine pastries, cakes and chocolates. Also serving hot and cold coffees: cappuccino, mocha, café latte & expresso. The main bakery and cafe has been in Bucerias for over 22 years now, along the Coastal Highway 200 to Punta de Mita at 202 Hero de Narcozari street, Tel: 329-298-0838.  Daily, 9am-10pm

Yarita, Panaderia y Pasteleria - South Side - 244 Basilio Badillo.  Tel: 223-2987
The Romantic Zone's main bakery and pastry shop with fresh breads, pies, muffins, tarts, turnovers, sweet rolls, pastries and other delicious treats. Baked before your eyes. Reasonable prices and my personal favorite for fresh pastries.  Mon-Sat, 8am-6pm