Bogotá · Colombia
The Bogotá food cheat sheet
One page from Chef Amazing · November 2026
The dish to eat
Chicken and three-potato soup flavored with guascas, served with corn, cream, capers and avocado.
Best at La Puerta Falsa, La Candelaria, Calle 11 #6-50, by Plaza de Bolívar. Get: Ajiaco, then chocolate santafereño with cheese and an almojábana
Five places, and what to order
- Prudenciafamily-run · La CandelariaGet: Wood-fire and wood-oven dishes, tasting-style lunch; book ahead
- Masabakery · Zona GGet: Its homemade bread rolls and freshly squeezed juices
- Juliainstitution · Chapinero (Carrera 5 #69A-19)Get: Wood-fired Neapolitan pizza such as margherita, quattro formaggi or tartufi, plus the eggplant parmigiana…
- Casa Viejafor ajiaco santafereño · Three branches across BogotáGet: Ajiaco with its rice, avocado and cream on the side
- Mamá Luzfor ajiaco santafereño · La Perseverancia marketGet: Ajiaco at the market counter
The market
Covered market. Colombian regional lunches, ajiaco
How it works here
Tip: Most bills ask whether you'll add the suggested 10% service; say yes if it was good.
Book: Book the tasting-menu places weeks out; lunch spots and markets are walk-in.
When locals eat: Lunch noon-2pm is the main meal (the menu del dia); dinner from 7:30pm.