If you visit Surakarta (Solo) in Indonesia after you have exhausted yourself from the activities throughout the day and you are in search of an outdoor location to have dinner while at the same time relax and enjoy the night breeze in Solo, there’s a perfect place that’s well suited for you. The place is named Gladak Langen Bogan (Galebo). Due to the harsh pronounciation and name, usually people just refer it as GALEBO.

Galebo is an evening outdoor  culinary venue located on the heart of Solo, at Jl. Mayor Sunaryo right across Beteng Trade Center (BTC) and Pusat Grosir Solo (PGS) and very close to Gladag North Square. The venue was inaugurated on the 13^th of April 2008 by the Minister of Industry and Trade, Marie Elka Pangestu. In this venue, tourists are facilitated with various types of typical Solo dishes in various food stalls, all gathered in one place so it isn’t necessary to wander around the city looking for a place to eat, especially typical Solo dishes.

Galebo is open from 5:00 PM till 12:00 PM. In the afternoon, the area is used as a regular highway. Towards the opening hour of Galebo, the highway will be closed for traffic passage by the city officials. By closing the highway, visitors can easily walk throughout the street while enjoying the evening nuance of Surakarta.

Standing out as one of the icons of Surakarta for culinary venue, Galebo offers various original Surakarta and Javanese food. You can find pastries and snacks such as  lumpia, tofu meatball, lekker cookie and much more, or you can also find daily Javanese dishes such as oxtail soup (sop buntut), sate, Javanese noodles, fried duck, soto, tengkleng and others to choose from. The various meals must be accompanied with special beverages, and Galebo provides it all. You can try traditional Javanese typical beverage such as wedang ronde, wedang dongo, es dawet, es campu and es teler , or your everyday beverage such as iced tea, coffee, soda and various choices of juice. Overall there are more than 50 choices of food and beverages in Galebo. Not only does Galebo offer many different kinds of meals, the price for each meal is relatively cheap compared to the same kind of meal sold in hotels or restaurants around Solo.

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