Eat List: Cusco & The Sacred Valley, Peru

Picanterías, chicharronerías, New Andean restaurants and pisco bars from Aguas Calientes to Urubamba and every in between.

Cusco. Photo: Nicholas Gill.

The culinary scene in Cusco and the Sacred Valley of Peru has come a long way in recent years. Andean cuisine is in the midst of a resurgence as young chefs from the region are returning home from the coast to reclaim their culinary heritage, while some star Peruvian chefs are also moving in. The result is a rapidly expanding network of artisan producers, many of them indigenous, and ingredients of increasingly higher quality. For those easily impressed by restaurants with a few alpacas and pan flute music this list is not for you.