Seafood is good. Best known are the huge lobsters from Juan Fern ndez Islands. Chile is famous for its wine. Pisco is a powerful liqueur distilled from grapes after wine pressing. Grapes are also used to make the sweet brown chicha as well as aguardiente , similar to brandy.
Beer is drunk throughout the country.
While many restaurants and hotels offer entertainment there are also a number of independent discotheques and nightclubs. The Municipal Casino in Vi a del Mar offers large gambling salons, full cabaret and boite with Chile's best dance bands. A casino operates in Gran Hotel in Puerto Varas between September and March. Arica also has a casino operating throughout the year with baccarat, roulette, black jack, a restaurant and late-night cabaret. Chilean stones such as lapis lazuli, jade, amethyst, agate and onyx are all good buys.