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seco de chivo with their tasty hot sauce - Quito
seco de chivo with their tasty hot sauce
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Cafeteria Modelo: Typical breakfast - Un petit-dej du coin
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  • Maillekeul
  • By Maillekeul on January 30, 2004
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  • CaptainAmerica's pix - Quito
    CaptainAmerica's pix
    by Maillekeul
    Small place, nice and cheap breakfast... Let's be introduced to the local food in the morning !!!

    Petit endroit, pas cher et bon petit-dej... Laissez-vous tenter par la bouffe locale des le petit matin !!!

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  • Theme: Breakfast
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Address: Sucre 391 y Garcia Moreno (centro historico)
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    Baalbek: Libanese food in Quito ! Du libanais a Quito !
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  • By Maillekeul on February 13, 2004
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  • No picture - Pas de photo - Quito
    No picture - Pas de photo
    by Maillekeul
    I was looking for some "baklavas" and here, they are so good !! The owner is so nice !!!

    Je cherchais des "baklavas", et ici, c'est tellement bon ! Le proprio est trop gentil !

    Pastries, pastries !!

    Les patisseries !!!

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  • Theme: Middle Eastern
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  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Address: 6 de Diciembre - N23-103
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    La Colmena: tripe stew anyone?
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  • Updated By richiecdisc on November 8, 2007
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  • tripe stew? tasty but not for veggies - Quito
    tripe stew? tasty but not for
    veggies
    by richiecdisc
    This is another Lonely Planet recommendation that you would certainly miss without some guidance. In fact, it’s not likely you would even notice this unassuming little place without having been told about it. We ate there twice and it seems not many other Lonely Planet readers were drawn in with the lure of tripe stew. It was busy with locals and it seemed out of town Ecuadorians there to try the specialty guatita.

    They only have a few things on the menu and most come to eat guatita ($2.50), tripe and potato stew in a peanut based thick sauce. It is served with a nice whole grain roll and a half of a very ripe avocado. It’s funny as we ordered only one at first figuring we might not like it but once D tried it, we ordered a second bowl. I kept the first one and it had more potatoes then tripe but D was not so lucky garnering a bowl full of tripe! Obviously, the owner was rewarding us for liking it and I wound up eating some of her tripe as to not appear ungrateful. It is a very tasty and filling meal but unless you can stomach tripe it’s probably best to leave it to the locals. I enjoyed it myself and went back on a later visit to Quito.

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  • Theme: Local
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: Benalcazar 619
  • Directions: Just up the street from Plaza de San Francisco
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    Corfu: coffee and sweets
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  • By b1bob on November 19, 2007
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  • Corfu coffee house - Quito
    Corfu coffee house
    by b1bob,
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    Sergio, Christina, and I went here for coffee while we were shopping at the Esquina Shopping Centre in Cumbayá. It is a typical coffee house with all manner of confections and even ice cream. Coffee sure feels good during the nearly inevitable afternoon rains. Corfu is run by the same folks as Cyrano bakeries. At shopping centres with one, there is usually the other not far away.

    The lot of us had cappuccino. Mine was a little too frothy.

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  • Theme: Coffeehouse
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  • Comparison: least expensive
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    Fruteria Monserrate: a little too clean and not friendly
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  • Updated By richiecdisc on November 9, 2007
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  • locro a la papa - Quito
    locro a la papa
    by richiecdisc, 1 more photos
    Lonely Planet heralded this restaurant like it had stock in it but it was full of not only LP readers but also locals enjoying their admittedly good and fairly priced food. It was very big, modern and clean. It’s not exactly what you imagine when you envision a local South American restaurant but it is what more upscale locals seem to be looking for.

    What we didn’t like were the people working there. I could maybe accept that since it was busy they didn’t have time to be overly friendly but they were generally rude and also often out of certain items unless you were the first to get in the door. Also, certain dishes were only available for very restricted hours.

    At any rate, the food we had there was quite good and not much more than most places in town. The much raved about fruit salad was a bit sweet for us but the empanadas (90 cents) were amongst the best of the whole trip and we especially liked the chicken ones though it was tough to get there in time to get them. The locro a la papa (a potato stew with avocado for $1.50) was excellent as was their juices. We went there a few times on our first visit of Quito but when we returned it didn’t drive us back like the other more authentic (and friendly) places.

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  • Theme: Local
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: coming soon, please come back
  • Directions: coming soon, please come back
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    Restaurante Benalcazar: A Nice Diner on the Best Plaza
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  • By calcaf38 on September 7, 2007
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    Benalcazar was a Conquistador who founded "modern" Quito after the Inca Ruminahui burned the old city down rather than seeing it taken.

    This simple eatery is very busy (a good sign). You can eat a filling almuerzo there, while discreetly engaged in people watching.

    I had soup, a quarter of a roast chicken, rice, fries, salad, and a diet soda for $4. Nothing fancy, but the perfect fuel for a long day of walking from church to church.

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  • Theme: Local
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  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Address: On Benalcazar Street
  • Directions: On the Plaza San Francisco, directly across from the Church.
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    Ensalada de Fruta?: fresh fruit salads & drinks
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  • Updated By richiecdisc on November 9, 2007
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  • we found out why snacking in Quito is popular! - Quito
    we found out why snacking in
    Quito is popular!
    by richiecdisc
    It pays to keep your eyes open even when riding on the bus. D was dying for a fruit salad before we left Ecuador and we hadn’t really seen a good one since we’d left Cuenca weeks earlier. I saw this place from the bus and made a mental note of where it was. It was just a little place across from the market but it looked promising and we were happy to find it very full of locals especially policemen enjoying their wares.

    D had a nice big fruit salad for a dollar and I had a huge guanbanana batido (a fruit milk shake) for sixty cents. We went back the next day for the same thing! Now, we understood why snacking was so popular in Quito!

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  • Theme: Local
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  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Directions: across from the Mercado Central
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    MOTES de la MAGDALENA: Fast and Cheap Ecuadorian Food
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  • Updated By tejanasueca on April 22, 2006
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    by tejanasueca
    Want to try what the Ecuadorians eat without spending the big bucks?
    Be brave and head to a local favorite, "Motes de la Magdalena" where the food is fast, cheap, good, and will most definitey fill you upp. It is what you would call an Ecuadorian style fast food place.

    I recommend the Llapingachos de Ambato....which will get small potato cakes (the actual llapingachos), meat, salad, avocado...when you buy your meal you will get a ticket...you then go with the ticket to the place that looks kind of like a lunch cafeteria line....hand them the pink ticket and you will get your meal.

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  • Theme: Local
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Directions: Several locations. The one closest to Mariscal is on Colón, a couple of blocks west of Reina Victoria.
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    Secret Garden restaurant: exceptional dinners with the best views!!!
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  • Updated By elsadran on May 12, 2008
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  • Quito at night from Secret Garden - Quito
    Quito at night from Secret
    Garden
    by elsadran, 2 more photos
    I had the best times in this friendy, well organised hostel. When I first arrived there was no room at all so they recommended hotel San Blas, just around the corner, to me as a solution. The friendly staff welcomed me everyday with the best smiles although I didn't stay there. They are really friendly and understandable as they are mostly travelers who work for a certain time there.
    But the greatest asset is the roof terrace where astonishing dinners are served. The imaginative and savoury meals are filling and cheap. They have been some of the best meals I had in Ecuador. There is an extremely familiar atmosphere around the huge table where everybody is welcomed to share the food and the company. All guests end up to be friends, even if they are staying at another hotel and just show up for dinner. The great views and the frequent parties make food taste even better! The views are astonishing at night. Prices are about 5$US for main dishes and less than 3$US for either the first plate or dessert. There is mostly local dishes with always some extra touch that makes every plate unforgettable. I made some great friends there who I still keep in touch with...

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  • Theme: Local
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
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  • Address: Calle Antepara E40-60 & Los Rios - San Blas – Quit
  • Phone: (0)2 2956 704 or (0)2 3160 949
  • Directions: It's very near Plaza San Blas.
  • Website: www.secretgardenquito.com
  • Other Contact: hola@secretgardenquito.com
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    Empanadas Bolivianas: empanadas anyone?
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  • By b1bob on December 1, 2007
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  • Empanadas Bolivianas - Quito
    Empanadas Bolivianas
    by b1bob
    Sometimes the best restaurants are small, hole-in-the-wall places like Empanada Boliviana. Restaurants like these that do one or a few things do them well because you know everything is fresh and good. These folks only do beef and chicken empanadas with a little ahí on the side if you want it.

    I had 2 beef empanadas with some ahí on the side and some Güitig to wash it down. This $3 meal was better than some for which I have paid more than $15.

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  • Theme: Local
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  • Address: Calle Enrique Gangoteno
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