El Progreso offers a number of dining choices.
Throughout the center of town, visitors can find fast food chains such as Dunkin Doughnuts, Popeye's Chicken, Kentucky Friend Chicken, Wendy's, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Pollo Campero and Pollo Hondureno.The mall also has an Applebee's and a food court with a wide variety of fast food and regional eating options.
La Parrilla, Las Tejas, and the Uruguayan Grill are some of the areas better steak/ grill options. Las Tejas and the Uruguayan Grill are located off of the main boulevard. While La Parrilla is located about a mile outside of town, towards Tegucigalpa.
For those on a tight budget or looking for the true Honduran cuisine experience, Pollo y Mas provides a large variety of tasty and affordable dishes typical to Honduras. Another option is the tasty chicken of Auto-pollo. The restaurant is an adventure in its dining experience, but the food only rotisserie chicken is outstanding.
A new dining option is Catrachitos in the center of town, 4 doors down towards the main boulevard from the Centro Pizza Hut not to be confused with the Pizza Hut on the boulevard. This new restaurant offers gourmet Honduran typical food, freshly-prepared. Always packed during lunch-time with locals, so you know it's good! They also do catering.
