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eal from jars of organic Bolivian cereals such as quinoa and amaranto etc, with fresh fruit,
natural yoghurt and strong coffee. The owners are young and enthusiastic, and there's some
basic outdoor seating.
7am-1pm & 3-7pm.
Luna's Coffee
Sagárnaga 289 02 2311568;
map
.
The café arm of
Luna Tours
,
this is a
friendly,engaging and always busylittle place, serving moderately priced soups, sandwiches,
omelettes and creamy-sweet milkshakes amid a handsomely shabby, crimson and vermillion
colonial interior. The coca tea is prepared with fresh leaves rather than teabags - just as well,
perhaps, for the pre-trip Death Road bikers enjoying their complimentary breakfast.
Daily
7.30am-9.30pm.
bona fide Maghrebi tea house, but the place is authentic enough, with thimblefuls of mint tea
rattling to loud North African rhythms. Food wise, along with Morroccan staples like
jarira
(a hearty soup of vegetables, chickpeas and lentils; Bs28) there's also such lesser spotted fare
as
matbuja
(a conconction of tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, onion, parsley and coriander) and
Spanish tortilla.
Daily noon to 10pm.
serves what may be the finest apple pastries in the city, though they're only available
Mon-Thurs. On Fri and Sat, they make way for the traditional
salteñas
and
tucumanes
.
Mon-Sat 9am-7pm.
Pepe's
Pasaje Jimenez 894, just off Linares between Sagárnaga and Santa Cruz 02
de Hechicería with a gringo-centric menu and the most unassuming of
dueños
. The hefty,
healthy
ensalada
with creamy avocado and rich, ripe tomato isn't to be missed, nor the Super
Pepe's Juice, a thirst-thumping blend of strawberry, banana, papaya and orange. Weather per-
mitting, there's a solitary outdoor table.
Mon-Sat 8.30am-6.30pm.
TOP 5 BREAKFAST BITES
RESTAURANTS
The least expensive restaurants are no-nonsense, hole-in-the-wall places catering to hungry
workers and students. They're concentrated in the city's upper reaches, serving an often sub-
stantial set almuerzo for about Bs7. At mid-range restaurants you'll pay around Bs35-42 for
an à la carte main course, but many of these places also serve a very good set almuerzo (often
