12 cheap eats places in Lima, editor-picked. The best low-budget spots in Lima: the places editors actually return to. All Lima food.
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Order Three sticks of beef-heart anticuchos with choclo and papa, plus a chicha morada.
Grimanesa Vargas at Calle Ignacio Merino 466 in Miraflores Lima is dona Grimanesa Vargas's 50-year anticucho stand, now a fixed shop after starting as a cart.
Order A plate of six picarones with chancaca and a chicha morada.
Picarones Mary at Parque Kennedy in Miraflores Lima is the family picarones cart of 25-plus years, the canonical Lima dessert fry-cake with chancaca syrup.
Order Three anticuchos with choclo and papa, then a plate of picarones with chancaca syrup.
El Tio Mario at Jr. Zepita 214 in Barranco is the 1987 anticucho and picarones stand beside the Puente de los Suspiros in Lima, the Sunday classic.
Order Sandwich de chicharron with papas nativas and a chicha morada after midnight.
La Lucha at Av Jose Larco 999 in Miraflores runs till 02:00 daily in Lima, the criolla sandwich counter for the after-bar chicharron sandwich queue.
Order Half-dozen churros and a cup of thick chocolate at the marble counter (around S/18).
Manolo at Av Jose Larco 608 in Miraflores serves churros and Spanish-style hot chocolate from S/10 since Juan Ruiz opened in 1968, the Larco churreria.
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.
Order A chilcano of pisco Queirolo and a chicharron sandwich, both at the marble bar.
Antigua Taberna Queirolo at Av San Martin 1090 in Pueblo Libre is Lima's 1880 Queirolo pisco-bodega cantina, chicharron and chilcano served daily.
Order A half-dozen churros with a thick chocolate cup, eaten at the counter.
Manolo at Av Jose Larco 608 in Miraflores is the Lima churreria since Juan Ruiz opened in 1968, churros and hot chocolate at the Larco counter till midnight.
Order Three anticuchos and a plate of picarones with chancaca syrup past midnight.
El Tio Mario at Jr. Zepita 214 in Barranco runs anticuchos and picarones till 02:00 daily beside the Puente de los Suspiros, the late-night Lima dessert stop.
Order Anticuchos and choncholi (grilled tripe) with choclo, papa and aji.
Anticuchos Betty at Calle Pazos 99A in Barranco Lima is the late-night anticucho grill, smoke-billowing coal cart for evening criolla classics past midnight.
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Order Ceviche mixto with leche de tigre at Don Cevichero, on a stool at the stall.
Mercado N1 de Surquillo Lima ceviche stalls serve S/15-25 ceviche plates, the cheapest credible ceviche at Don Cevichero and Bam Bam Medrano food carts.
Order Sandwich de chicharron plus pavo with a chicha morada (S/35).
El Chinito at Av Angamos Este 2482 in Surquillo serves the Lima chicharron sandwich from S/14 since 1960, the Felix Yong cathedral, 12 branches now.
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