Eat in Centro Historico, Lima

Bar Cordano ★ 4.5

Bar Cordano at Jiron Carabaya 103 in Centro Historico Lima is the 1905 cantina founded by Italian Cordano brothers, facing the Palacio de Gobierno.

Signature drink: Pisco sour and algarrobina cocktail

Food: Butifarra de jamon del pais, sandwiches and criolla snacks

Order: A pisco sour and the butifarra de jamon del pais, eaten at the marble bar.

Tip: Open every day from 08:00; reach early on weekends because it fills with tour groups. Declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation in 1989.

Mercado Central de Lima ★ 4.4

Mercado Central at Jr. Ucayali 615 in Centro Historico is Lima's central market beside Chinatown, produce hall plus food stalls and butchers daily.

Order: A morning emoliente from one of the perimeter carts, then a chifa lunch one block south at Calle Capon.

Tip: The market sits in Barrios Altos beside Barrio Chino; walk Calle Capon for the Cantonese-Peruvian chifa lunch.

Exquisito Peru ★ 4.5

Exquisito Peru's full-day food and city tour visits Barranco, Miraflores and Centro Historico in 8 hours, with anticucho carts and Plaza Mayor stops in Lima.

Tip: The Centro Historico segment includes Bar Cordano and a chifa lunch in Calle Capon for the Lima criolla anchor.

Dia Nacional del Pisco Sour ★ 4.7

Dia Nacional del Pisco Sour on the first Saturday of February is Peru's national pisco-sour day, celebrated since 2003 with tastings on Plaza Mayor.

Bar Cordano ★ 4.4

Bar Cordano at Jiron Carabaya 103 in Centro Historico Lima serves the canonical butifarra de jamon del pais and pisco sour from S/12, in the 1905 cantina.

Try: Butifarra de jamon del pais and pisco sour

Order: A butifarra de jamon del pais at the marble bar plus a pisco sour, total S/22.

Tip: Open from 08:00; reach early on weekends because tour groups fill it by 11:00.