Restaurants in San Pedro De Atacama
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La Casona
La Casona has been around for a long time. In its current incarnation, this rambling open-air restaurant has tip-top cuisine, focusing on international faves – try the veggie pasta, it’s excellent – with speedy service, a wine room up front and occasional live music. And then there’s those San Pedro stars blaring their cosmic orchestra overhead – can’t get much better than that.
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Las Delicias de Carmen
Doña Carmen serves up some of the best empanadas in town. Or you can go for the set lunch, which features the town’s best salad and a tasty meat or pasta dish. The dining area is less rustic than that of many San Pedro eateries, giving it a bit of a cafeteria feel. Nevertheless, it is clean, honest and, well, good.
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Todo Natural
Healthy offerings include fresh wholemeal sandwiches, a lengthy salad list and numerous vegetarian choices in this cute little café with an open kitchen and small alfresco courtyard. The service is downright bad – guess speedy service just wouldn’t be natural – but the food is decent, making it worth a visit.
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Algarrobo
Pretty cheap eats, especially considering its bees-knees location right on the plaza. The Algarrobo has the feel of an older eatery, the kind that dusty miners would have stopped at on their way to the salitre fields. There’s a large set menu, but we prefer the pita sandwiches, which are big enough to share.
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La Estaka
A lively gathering point late into the night, La Estaka is also recommended for its juicy steaks, sinful dulce de leche (super-sweet condensed-milk spread) crepes, chicken curries and addictively good vegetarian options. It strives for a trendy, subterranean atmosphere and has a fireplace.
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Puro Chile
A diminutive locally run restaurant just off Calle Caracoles, recommended for its authentic national cuisine (ajiaco, parrilladas, empanadas, cazuela and more) as well as more international dishes. Food is lovingly prepared, and dished up to a soundtrack of Chilean rock.
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Café Export
This is a funky cavelike spot with an intimate interior: low candlelit tables, roaring fire and prehistoric-style daubing on the walls. Despite off-putting touts hovering on its doorstep, and the loud music, it is hugely popular for strong coffee, homemade pasta and decent pizzas.
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Ayllu
It’s pretty much like the other restaurants in town: fogatas, open-air dining and a smogasborg of international dishes. But the Ayllu separates itself with warm, friendly service. Seems the waiter’s GTI (Gringo Tolerance Indicator) is higher than in most places.
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Quitor
A large, thatched establishment frequented by locals, Chilean tourists and gringos alike, this small eatery right next to the bus stop has simple but filling meals and an efficient get-it-on-the-table attitude. Save money by going with the smaller set meal.
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CKunna
This is an excellent, if touristy, restaurant that gives traditional Atacameño ingredients a contemporary twist. It’s housed in a renovated adobe building with a beautiful courtyard to relax in. It also has takeaway service and a welcoming bar.
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Casa Piedra
Looks much like the other restaurants strung along Caracoles but is singled out by many travelers for its warm service, occasional live Andean music and broad range of specialties including pasta, vegetarian and typical Chilean dishes.
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Food Stalls
The cheapest eats in town are served in rustic shacks in a parking lot behind the taxi rank on the northern edge of town. Expect simple set lunches of cazuela, mains and dessert, and all-day empanadas for snacking.
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Café Adobe
Ever popular with travelers for its studied rusticity, rock-art decor and smoky fire in the outer dining room, Adobe is a bit pricy for what you get. You may just want to drop by later for a drink.
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Tahira
Down-to-earth café where the locals outnumber the gringos, Tahira serves up satisfying, no-frills dishes.
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