An eatery institution in Panama City Panama.

Café Coca-Cola is the oldest cafe has opened its doors in 1875, making it the oldest cafe in the city. It is THE singular cafe on our planet to be named ‘Coca-Cola’.

The original name was “Nueve Puertas”, which means “Nine Doors” in Spanish. There are 3 doors on all 3 sides of the wall that go out to the street.

The owners of the restaurant really liked the name “Coca-Cola” and they took it. But why didn’t they have problems? At that time, copyright simply did not exist. Even today, even though the copyright exists, they use this name without any problems, because the “Coca-Cola” company accepted and authorized the use of a logo. This is the only restaurant in the world that can use the Coca-Cola name.

In 1906 Panama along with Cuba, became one of the first countries to operate Coca-Cola bottling plants outside of North America, just in time to quench the thirst of the ‘thousands of laborers employed to build the Panama Canal.’

Few places drip of history like this eatery. If you walk to the end of a Central Avenue, you will see the Cafe Coca-Cola entrance build as a Parthenon of the ‘Casco Antiguo’ of Panama City, San Felipe, twelve streets, in front of Santa Ana Park, this side is a market develop the site of different commercial activities with the best prices of the world.

Strategically positioned more than two thousand people visit that place every day to enjoy the different delicious dishes and especially the best coffee in Panama.

Café Coca-cola is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Over the years the café has been visited by every walk of life. The man that saved D Day in world war 2 was in fact a double spy the double spy who visited the Cafe Coca-Cola daily.

A place of Poets, Athletes, Politicians, Kings, Presidents, Revolutionaries, Bohemians, Singers, Visitors, and Panamanians of all stripes call Café Coca-Cola the best in the world.

The Café is famous for stopping in and grabbing a coffee and many stories are told about sitting across from Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Evita Peron, Pablo Neruda, Julio Iglesias, Daniel Craig (when James Bond was filmed in Panama City), Pierce Brosnan (When they were filming the movie “The Tailor of Panama”)

In a world where everything is moving far too quickly, most restaurants are cookie cutter in design and menu the world needs to hang onto historic & iconic eateries.

Café Coca-Cola is your world class bucket list destination. You won’t be disappointed. Trust me.