Shopping

Downtown Lares [1] does a thriving retail trade, thanks to dozens of dollar stores, pharmacies, and clothing stores mostly selling inexpensive trendy Latino fashions, from tight bedazzled T-shirts and short denim skirts for girls to graphic T’s and cargo shorts for boys. M&G Accessories (Centro Calle 23 de Septiembre Plaza beside Heladería de Lares, 787/692-1270 or 787/563-7926, Mon., Wed.–Thurs., Sat. 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Tues., Fri. 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Sun. noon–5 p.m.) is great place to pick up knock-off designer purses and fun pieces of chunky jewelry for dirt cheap.