The Best Places to Eat Near Humo Negro, by the Record

The name came from the first time the grill was lit, when black smoke poured through the Chapinero neighborhood. This izakaya-style restaurant takes Colombian ingredients through Latin American, Nordic, and Japanese techniques, all of it designed for sharing and paired seriously with cocktails. The chef trained at Fäviken and spent time at El Chato before going solo, and it shows in a room that plays grunge and lands on Latin America's 50 Best list without seeming to care about either.

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Leonor Espinosa trained as an economist and an artist before turning to food, and the tasting menus at her flagship fine dining restaurant in Chapinero feel like both. The kitchen works with obscure Colombian ingredients sourced from communities most menus ignore, threading the country's biodiversity across five, eight, or twelve courses. Upstairs, her daughter runs a separate room focused on unusual wines and Colombian distillates. Leo holds a spot on the World's 50 Best Restaurants.

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Álvaro Clavijo spent years in Paris, then at Per Se and Noma, and came home to open a bistro that feels nothing like any of that. El Chato is a contemporary Colombian restaurant in Chapinero Alto where the menu bends to whatever small producers are harvesting, sometimes because Clavijo asked them to grow it in the first place. It holds the top spot on Latin America's 50 Best and sits on the World's 50 Best list too, worn lightly in a room that stays relaxed and unfussy.

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Maradona watches over the room from the wall, which tells you a lot about the vibe at this Neapolitan-style pizzeria in the heart of Bogotá. The team imports ingredients from Italy and keeps the menu anchored in the classics, margherita, marinara, and good fried things done without fuss. A cocktail list running nearly twenty options gives you something to argue about while you wait. It ranked third on 50 Top Pizza Latin America.

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