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Café Coqui $
(Puno 298; snacks from S3; 7am-10.30pm)
This modern bakery-coffee shop is a con-
tender for the best breakfast stop in the Central Andes, serving tasty sandwiches, pastries,
empanadas, real espresso and other coffees. It's lively from morning until evening and
now even does a line in pizzas and other more substantial fare. There's live music some-
times from the upstairs balcony.
BAKERY
Huancahuasi $$
( 24-4826; Mariscal Castilla 222; mains S16.50-29.50; 8am-7pm Sun-
Thu, to 2am Fri & Sat)
Northwest of town, Real becomes Mariscal Castilla in El Tambo
district. The local eatery of choice is this classy establishment. A flower-filled courtyard
and walls decorated with San Pedro de Cajas tapestries and poems set the ambience for
tucking into regional goodies such as
pachamanca, papas a la huancaína
and
ceviche de
trucha
(river-trout ceviche). It's all well presented and the service comes with a smile. A
taxi ride from the center is S3.
PERUVIAN
Sofa Café Paris $
(Puno 254; snacks from S3, meals S12; 4-11pm)
With just the comfortable, chilled
vibe you'd hope from the name, Sofa Café Paris is in a new venue: bigger, better, livelier
than before and with a wrap-around mezzanine level to oversee the action below. It favors
Nirvana over Andean music and is frequented by trendy young
huancaínos
(Huancayo
residents). It does elaborate coffees (it has what must be Huancayo's second coffee ma-
chine) and cakes, alongside other more substantial Peruvian fare.
CAFE
Detrás de la Catedral $$
(Ancash 335; mains S15-22; 11am-11pm)
This well-run, attractively presented place
exudes a woody, warm feeling and has garnered plenty of regular patrons with its broad
menu selection - helped by a user-friendly picture menu decoder. Enjoy filling burgers
(veggie or carnie), specials such as
asado catedral
(barbecued meats done in house style)
and tasty desserts such as chocolate-drenched
pionono helado
(pastry with caramel
filling). Surrealist paintings grace the walls.
PERUVIAN
La Italia $$
ITALIAN
