New Restaurants in Bogotá, Colombia
Plus, an updated Eat List to the city.
I don’t know if there’s a city in Latin America where the restaurant scene is going in so many different directions as Bogotá, Colombia. With so many restaurants packed within a narrow strip of city between Usaquén and La Candelaria, there’s more need than ever to stand out. As reflected in the city’s architecture, there’s a bit of everything opening. Colombian-Asian street food mixed with art and cocktails. A wine bar with touches of France and Italy. A restaurant megaplex in a restored mansion with modern Spanish cooking. A Peruvian steakhouse.
Aside of these new restaurants mentioned below, I have also updated to larger Eat List to Bogotá, which is less based around what is new or trendy, but restaurants that can stand the test of time.
Eat List: Bogotá, Colombia
Bogotá has one of Latin America’s more intimidating dining scenes to explore. There are seemingly thousands of beautifully designed restaurants scattered all over town. With the city’s heavy traffic, just getting from one to the next in a reasonable amount of time seems impossible. And, like the crazy, chaotic city itself, Bogotá’s culinary scene is full of contradictions. The best restaurants are not always the over-hyped fine dining spots, though sometimes they are. They aren’t always the latest, trendy gastropub, though sometimes they are. They aren’t always the beloved classic spot, though sometimes they are. Still, Bogotá is the beating heart of Colombian gastronomy, the place where the full scope of ingredients from points as distant as the
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