Hooters in Costa Rica?

So probably the strangest thing about Costa Rica so far is the restaurant selection. Within 1 mile of where we live, we have:

• TGI Friday's
  
• Tony Roma's
  
• Outback Steakhouse
  
• Hooters
  
• McDonald's
  
• Burger King
  
• Kentucky Fried Chicken
  
• Taco Bell
  
• Subway
  
• Quizno's

It's like we never even left the US!

(I say "the US" because you don't say "America" down here. When you say "America", they say, "You are in America." Central and South Americans are a little senstive about the whole North/Central/South America thing.)

But to really make things interesting, Tex-Mex food (my personal favorite) is nowhere to be found in Costa Rica. OK, yeah, we have Taco Bell, but that doesn't count. I've looked everywhere and asked everyone and I always get the same answer, "Yeah, we don't really have Mexican food down here." It's 500 miles to the Mexican border and you're trying to tell me that Mexican food has never made it down here? Not a taco, an enchilada, or even a chalupa or two? I e-mailed the CEO of Chevy's and informed him of the market opportunity. He hasn't responded yet.

And on top of that, every restaurant is Italian. I'm exaggerating a little. We have found a sushi place and an Indian place and people have told us about a great Thai place. But we have probably been to 10 different Italian restaurants so far. Costa Ricans love their Italian.