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Carrera 3 No. 13-41
La Candelaria

I’ve not eaten here but it looks very cool inside – a large covered courtyard houses the main eating area on both ground floor and balconies, a separate café area offers a less formal setting for a quick snack.

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Vegetarian restaurant and products
Avenida Jiménez No. 4-64
La Candelaria
Set meals from 7,000 COP

Usually at least 2 set meals – 3 courses and juice. Also sell vegetarian sausages, burgers and tofu. The food is tasty filling and varies on a daily basis. . Service is fine, nothing special about the atmosphere – more functional that anything else. For a more homely ambience go to Quinua y Amaranto, about 7 blocks away

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Colonial plaza
Calle 13 with Carrera 2a

A picturesque colonial square surrounded by restaurants and often the setting for street performances. Callejón del Embudo – funnel alley, that runs north from the square (Carrera 2 on the map), is home to many chicha bars, a corn-based beverage that must be tried as part of your visit to Colombia – don’t drink too much, it’s said to give quite the hangover!

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Restaurant
Carrera 1a No. 13-12
Chorro de Quevedo
La Candelaria
(1) 342 1716 (landline)

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Cosy (not as in small) up-market restaurant and bar often with rose petals lining the entrance and stairs, which is nice…

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Vegetarian restaurant
Calle 11 No. 2-95
La Candelaria
Set lunch 10,000 COP

A lovely country-style kitchen that serves a wholesome and varying set lunch usually consisting soup, main course, a desert and fruit juice*

*Juice here often refers to drinks made by blending fruit with water rather than pressed juice that many may be accustomed to

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Restaurant
Chorro de Quevedo
Carrera 2 with Calle 13
La Candelaria
(1) 283 6737 (landline)
311 533 2700 (mobile/cell)

To call a landline from a mobile/cell in Colombia prefix the landline number with 03 followed by the region code. For Bogotá prefix with 031

A lovely eatery spread over 3 floors on a pretty square with fountain. There is an open fire on the first floor and live music on Saturdays on the 2nd floor. The home-made deserts are very very good – I often go here for desert after having eaten at home. Their deserts can be also bought to take away from a shop at the side of the restaurant.

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