Breakfast restaurants in South America
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Magic Bean
Long the epicenter of the Mariscal, the Magic Bean serves a variety of well-prepared breakfasts, lunches, juices and snacks for the ever-present crowd of hungry travelers.
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Café Banaís
Popular with tourists of all ages for its sunny window seats, handy location next to Plaza San Francisco, and Western-style breakfasts and gourmet sandwiches. Best of all, they know how to make a half-decent coffee.
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Café Andino
This modern top-floor cafe has space and light in spades, comfy lounges, art, photos, books and groovy tunes – it’s the ultimate all-day hangout and meeting spot. You can get breakfast anytime (Belgian waffles – yum!) and this place is serious about its coffee, roasting its own. Ask Chris, the US owner, about information on trekking in the area and check out the message board for local info.
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Inkafe Café
With an art gallery on the walls and magazines scattered on the front table, this intimate café does a stellar job not only with breakfast, but also with regional Peruvian dinners and desserts, real Italian espresso and a short, but sassy wine list.
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Bravo’s Pizza
Bright, with big windows overlooking the square and a light ambience, this 2nd-floor eatery has 20 pizza varieties, including a spicy one with dried llama meat, plus hamburgers, sandwiches, burritos and breakfasts (B$20).
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Tambo Colonial
Known for its salad bar and excellent mains such as trout in white-wine sauce, llama medallions with mushroom sauce, and veggie lasagna. Afterward indulge in what may be the best chocolate mousse south of the equator.
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Kallari
This Quichua coop serves up some delicious, healthy breakfasts and lunches, and stocks its famous chocolate bars. For lunch, try the guacamole sandwich and the grilled plantain with cheese.
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Pete’s Place
Serves big breakfasts that set you up for a day’s hiking, as well as a large selection of well-prepared and presented vegetarian fare, chicken curry and tasty steaks, all in a cheerful, comfortable setting. Owner Pete keeps an extensive library of maps and guidebooks and provides up-to-date trekking information. It’s well worth picking up a copy of his book Bolivia – Between a Rock and a Hard Place, a comprehensive synthesis of Bolivian political history.
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La Ghirin Café, Dely y Restaurant
Hidden from the road by a wall of palms, this open-air café is worth a stop any time of day: for a criollo (Spanish) breakfast, five-course set lunch, or candlelit evening meal. There's a big selection of tropical fruit juices, sandwiches on homemade bread, sublime desserts - all with an emphasis on fresh, healthful ingredients and served by extremely affable waiters.
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Place of Colors
This friendly café wins points for its charming name and keeps visitors happy with various breakfasts, sandwiches and baguettes, a great pique (hearty Bolivian favorite of chopped beef, sausages, chips and a spicy sauce) in the evening, and hot wine for that cold you caught on the salar tour. Small, simple and pleasing.
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Miralejos
This is plaza-side dining at its finest. Miralejos offers the full gamut of steak and pasta (with a wide choice of interesting sauces), with a few local trout dishes thrown in. The outside tables are a great place for breakfast and the eclectic music selection is interesting, to say the least.
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Green Eggs & Ham
This tiny beachfront shack near Sol y Mar has, without doubt, the best create-your-own breakfast around. Stock up on carbs for a hard day's surfing (or lazing) with big plates of waffles, French toast or eggs - just make sure you order a side of the scrumptious spicy home-fried potatoes.
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Restaurant Tacuara
This open-air eatery with shaded sidewalk seating has an ambitious menu, covering breakfast to dinner. It’s friendly and popular, especially for its lasagna. The Mexican dishes won’t have you tossing your sombrero into the air, but the sandwiches are huge.
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Alexander
This is a haven for delicious breakfasts and good coffee. Part of a chain, Alexander is excellent for sampling local Madidi coffee and any range of breakfasts, including huevos rancheros (spicy scrambled eggs) and gigantic fruit salads served with yoghurt and honey.
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De Waag Restaurant
Opening late in the morning, this airy riverside restaurant is still the best place in Paramaribo for breakfast. If you're not up for an early feed, come by at lunch or dinner for something a little more upmarket. It has great views of the Suriname River traffic floating by.
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Café Cultural Kaypichu
A peaceful and relaxed mainly vegetarian spot, good at any time of day, starting with healthy breakfasts (10 different varieties), and heading through sandwiches to pasta and pizza dinners, and regular nighttime entertainment of folk music on weekends.
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Café Central
Café Central is an Internet café/bar/food joint that does a great breakfast combo. Providing toasted sandwiches, coffee and a tall glass of freshly-squeezed juice, this is a recommended stop to crank up your day. Beers are also sold.
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Asociación Futuro
Splitting its breakfast trade evenly between locals and backpackers, this cute, community-run corner pad churns out great set breakfasts and Colombian dishes later on.
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El Cafecito
Over the excellent café of the same name, this is an eternally popular budget choice, and for good reason. Rooms are clean, the place has a mellow vibe and the café with outdoor seating serves great breakfasts.
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Cioccolata
Proof positive that Chileans really do enjoy a decent espresso, this classy coffee shop is usually crammed with businessfolk. It also offers filling breakfasts, sandwiches, scrumptious cakes and chocolates.
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Café Piraña
This Piraña has bite, with a great chill-out area, delicious vegetarian and meat dishes, yummy breakfasts, lovely fresh juices, a library and film screenings every night in the back garden.
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Quijote
Recommended for reliable meals and service, Quijote fills up at lunchtime, with the business folk enjoying fixed-price lunches. It's also a solid bet for breakfast, cake or a quick espresso.
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La Aldea de la Virgen de Luján
Though serving good-value breakfasts and a fairly predictable range of dinner options, lunchtime is the place to be at this spot, when it offers a good range of regional specialties.
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Café Oriente
Chandeliers and mirrors overstate this modest sandwich stop serving satisfying ave paltas (chicken and avocado sandwiches) on warm bread, ice cream and coffee.
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Cuba Bar
Out the back of the Galeria Mina Clavero, the Cuba is noteworthy for three things – a decent music selection, a pool table and a great deck overlooking the river.
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