Eat in Centro Historico, Lima

Bar Cordano

• ★ 4.5
• Historic cantina
• $

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

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

Mercado Central de Lima

• ★ 4.4
• Street food
• $

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

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

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.

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.