Caleta

The Panamanian coffee ritual at the close of a meal here, drawing on beans from the Chiriquí highlands, signals what kind of restaurant this is: one where local ingredients do the heavy lifting. Set inside the Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo, Caleta is a fine-dining room that runs local seafood through international technique, croaker wrapped in bijao leaf, king crab brightened with finger lime. A spot on Latin America's 50 Best Discovery list has followed accordingly.