Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in Lima.
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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 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 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.
4 of the street food on this list are in Miraflores. So are these tours and tastings.
Order The chicharron sandwich and pavo sandwich together, with a chicha morada.
El Chinito at Av Angamos Este 2482 in Surquillo is the 1960 Felix Yong sangucheria, 12 Lima branches, the Catedral del Chicharron of the city.
Order Sandwich de chicharron with sweet potato chips and a chicha morada.
La Lucha Sangucheria Criolla at Av Jose Larco 999 in Miraflores is Lima's most-known sandwich counter, criolla sandwiches with the late-night queue.
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.
Order Ceviche mixto at Don Cevichero with leche de tigre on a stool at the stall.
Mercado N1 Surquillo Lima ceviche carts serve S/15-25 ceviche straight from market fish, Don Cevichero and Bam Bam Medrano the popular morning stalls.
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.
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