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LIMA’S HOT NEW GENERATION OF RESTAURATEURS
MERITO BARRA MARETAZO
ver the past few decades, be traced to the 2008 opening of Cen‐
Lima has emerged as South tral, an innovative Miraflores restaurant
America’s premiere culinary led by chefs Virgilio Martínez and Pía
O destination. Its days as a León. Central-inspired innovative uses of
dusty stop, catering to backpackers Peru’s panty - plucked from the sea to
bound for Machu Picchu are gone. Today the Andes and Amazon - have captured
the city’s vibrant dining scene teems with world attention and accolades. In 2013
restaurants helmed by world-renowned Central claimed the bottom rung of the
chefs and rising culinary stars, all boldly World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Ten years
pushing the boundaries of traditional Pe‐ later, it topped that list, the first restau‐
ruvian cuisine. rant in South America to win that honor.
The current revolution in cooking can Ranked below Central are three of
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