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Specialty Coffee, Third Wave, Coffee Roaster · Pereira
El Barista Ruta del Café
The Eje Cafetero's pioneer specialty coffee bar. Their roasting curve work has set the standard locally for two decades.
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Colombian, Tasting Menu, Fine Dining · Bogotá
El Cielo
Theatrical, deeply technical, and unapologetically Colombian. Book three weeks ahead.
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Colombian, Caribbean, Tasting Menu · Cartagena
Celele
The most important new restaurant in the Caribbean. The tasting menu is a tour of Colombia's coast you cannot get elsewhere.
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Colombian, Modern, Tasting Menu · Medellín
Carmen
The restaurant that taught Medellín fine dining didn't have to be stuffy. Garden seating, technical kitchen, perfect Saturday lunch.
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Colombian, Santa Rosa, Regional, Soup · Pereira
Raíces Santarrosanas
The Santa Rosa de Cabal pick if you want the actual local chorizo experience and not the tourist version near the thermal springs.
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Restaurant, Innovative, Santa Rosa, Mirador · Pereira
Veranera Cocina
The Santa Rosa restaurant if you want a serious meal with a view, not a chorizo lunch. Reservations recommended for the panoramic seats.
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