Historic Center Street Food

Panadería Nazarenas sits on the four hundred thirty-one block of Jirón Huancavelica, just a short distance from the Iglesia de las Nazarenas in the center of Lima. The shop is easily identified by the lines of customers that often stretch…

The name La Tapada refers to the Tapadas Limeñas, women who moved through colonial Lima veiled in a costume of a silk skirt, known as a saya, and a heavy cloak, or manto. For three hundred years, this attire allowed women to obscure their…

The Alameda Chabuca Granda is a pedestrian promenade stretching along the Rímac River, immediately beside the Government Palace in the historic center of Lima. You can identify it by the large, red steel sculpture of a woman dancing the…

Restaurante Cordano is identifiable by its saloon-style swinging doors that open into a dining room furnished with small, round tables topped with red and white checkered tablecloths. Located at the corner of Ancash and Carabaya streets,…

Churros San Francisco, located at Jirón Lampa two hundred sixty-eight, is easily identified by the steady stream of locals lining up along the sidewalk. This shop is a Lima institution with more than sixty years of history behind its…

Sangucheria El Chinito is recognized by its historical connection to a small tavern once known as El Muelle, located on the corner of Jiron Chancay and Zepita in the center of Lima. Founded in nineteen sixty by Felix Yong, a Peruvian of…

Pastelería San Martín sits along the portal of the historic Plaza San Martín in downtown Lima, recognizable by the steady flow of people gathering at its storefront to purchase boxes of traditional sweets. Founded in nineteen thirty by…