Anticuchos Betty Barranco is a street-food stop in Barranco, Lima.
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.
Must order: Anticuchos and choncholi (grilled tripe) with choclo, papa and aji.
Tip: Cash only; queue past 22:00 every night and the line stretches to the corner Friday-Saturday.
Address: Calle Pazos 99A, Barranco, Lima 15063
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.
Try: Anticuchos and picarones beside the Puente de los Suspiros
Order: Three anticuchos with choclo and papa, then a plate of picarones with chancaca syrup.
Tip: Sister shop one block away on Av San Martin 99; queue past 20:00 on weekends.
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.
Try: Market-stall ceviche and tiraditos S/15-25
Order: Ceviche mixto at Don Cevichero with leche de tigre on a stool at the stall.
Tip: Best at 11:30-13:00 when the fish is freshest; cash only at most stalls.
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.
Try: Spanish-style churros with hot chocolate
Order: A half-dozen churros with a thick chocolate cup, eaten at the counter.
Tip: Open till midnight daily; the take-out counter handles dessert pickup, sit-down cafe upstairs serves the chocolate cup.
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.
Try: Beef-heart anticuchos with corn and potato
Order: Three sticks of beef-heart anticuchos with choclo and papa, plus a chicha morada.
Tip: Queue starts at 18:00; afternoon service is calmer than evening.
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.
Try: Anticuchos and picarones beside the Puente de los Suspiros
Order: Three anticuchos with choclo and papa, then a plate of picarones with chancaca syrup.
Tip: Sister shop one block away on Av San Martin 99; queue past 20:00 on weekends.
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.
Try: Picarones with chancaca syrup
Order: A plate of six picarones with chancaca and a chicha morada.
Tip: Opens 15:00; the cart at Parque Kennedy is the original Lima outlet, Surco branch opens 12:30.
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.
Try: Chicharron sandwich and pavo turkey sandwich
Order: The chicharron sandwich and pavo sandwich together, with a chicha morada.
Tip: The original 1960 shop is at Calle Chancay corner Zepita in Centro; this Surquillo branch handles late-morning queues better.