K-50 Sports Bar (Managua)

12 November 2009

By Jonathan Jackson, Photography Oliver Best

As I walked into K 50 for a big fútbol game between the US and Brazil, the bartender handed my friend and I two ice cold beers before we could even get to a table. Now that’s service! I didn’t forget it and although K 50, aka the best sports bar in Managua, can be a little hard to find the first time, once you do, you won’t forget it either. Located in a residential neighborhood in Linda Vista, K 50 has a comfortable open-air rancho environment, great food, ice cold beers and all the major sports on big screens.

The name comes from a kilometer marker stuck in the ground next to the building, a “souvenir” of one of the owner’s trips to the beach. “I just stuck it in there because I liked it and people started calling the bar K 50,“ he says.

The bar has a great sports-themed environment with jerseys and memorabilia covering the walls and roof. It is also impeccably clean and the service is great, although at times when they are busy you may have to be a little patient for your food. Besides the usual line-up of grilled meats, K50 offers some of the best micheladas and tostones con queso I’ve had in Nicaragua.

Address: Linda Vista Norte, de donde fue la Tienda 3B, 6 cuatros al lago, hasta el tope, Managua
Tel: (505) 2266-8177