El Tio Mario Late Anticuchos is a street food late-night spot in Barranco, Lima.
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.
Must order: Three anticuchos and a plate of picarones with chancaca syrup past midnight.
Tip: Sister shop one block away on Av San Martin 99; queue past 20:00 on weekends.
Address: Jr. Zepita 214, Barranco, Lima 15063
Cala on Playa Barranquito in Costa Verde Barranco runs till 03:00 weekends in Lima, a beachfront cevicheria-lounge with DJ programme past midnight Fri-Sat.
Try: Ceviche cala and grilled octopus
Order: Late seafood plates with a pisco-base cocktail on the terrace.
Tip: Friday and Saturday past midnight is club-mode; weekday late dinner is calmer.
Ayahuasca at Av San Martin 130 in Barranco Lima runs till 02:00 every night, the restored 1875 republican casona for late pisco macerados and small plates.
Try: Piqueos and pisco-base cocktails
Order: A pisco macerado flight with a tabla of cured Andean meats.
Tip: Closed Mondays; the courtyard seating is the seat to ask for in advance.
Anticuchos Betty at Calle Pazos 99A in Barranco runs anticucho coal grill till 02:00 nightly, Fri-Sat past 03:30, the late-night smoke-billowing cart of Lima.
Try: Beef-heart anticuchos and choncholi past midnight
Order: Anticuchos and choncholi (grilled tripe) with choclo and a Cusquena lager after midnight.
Tip: Cash only; queue past 22:00 every night, line stretches to the corner Friday-Saturday.
Madam Tusan at Av Santa Cruz 859 in Miraflores Lima runs till midnight every night, Gaston Acurio's chifa for late dinner with the canonical lomo saltado.
Try: Lomo saltado, arroz chaufa, wantan frito
Order: Lomo saltado and a chaufa, ideally past 22:00 when the room is quieter.
Tip: Open every night till midnight; bar service runs to closing.
Cala on Playa Barranquito in Costa Verde Barranco runs till 03:00 weekends in Lima, a beachfront cevicheria-lounge with DJ programme past midnight Fri-Sat.
Try: Ceviche cala and grilled octopus
Order: Late seafood plates with a pisco-base cocktail on the terrace.
Tip: Friday and Saturday past midnight is club-mode; weekday late dinner is calmer.
Ayahuasca at Av San Martin 130 in Barranco Lima runs till 02:00 every night, the restored 1875 republican casona for late pisco macerados and small plates.
Try: Piqueos and pisco-base cocktails
Order: A pisco macerado flight with a tabla of cured Andean meats.
Tip: Closed Mondays; the courtyard seating is the seat to ask for in advance.
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.
Try: Sandwich de chicharron with papas nativas
Order: Sandwich de chicharron with papas nativas and a chicha morada after midnight.
Tip: Open till 02:00 daily; the Diagonal 308 sister branch at Parque Kennedy also stays late.
Anticuchos Betty at Calle Pazos 99A in Barranco runs anticucho coal grill till 02:00 nightly, Fri-Sat past 03:30, the late-night smoke-billowing cart of Lima.
Try: Beef-heart anticuchos and choncholi past midnight
Order: Anticuchos and choncholi (grilled tripe) with choclo and a Cusquena lager after midnight.
Tip: Cash only; queue past 22:00 every night, line stretches to the corner Friday-Saturday.