The Top 15 Places to Eat Near Mercado 24
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The name is the whole idea: Guatemala City has 23 local markets, and this casual dining spot in the Cuatro Grados Norte district considers itself the 24th. The kitchen works entirely off whatever the markets yield that morning, so the menu is essentially a surprise solved fresh each day. It landed a spot on Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants list, which tracks for a place this committed to letting the produce do the deciding.
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Rank 2. L'Aperó
Wood-fired Pizza
Wood-fired pizza served on wooden boards in a room that runs noticeably festive, even by Guatemala City's standards. The dough gets a long, unhurried rise before meeting the oven, and the toppings lean toward fresh vegetables and mushrooms, arranged with some care rather than scattered. The bar stocks enough for serious pairing, and the staff seem to have actually thought about the menu. A ranked spot on 50 Top Pizza Latin America.
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A twelve-course tasting menu that opens in pre-Columbian times and lands in the present, structured with an anthropologist's hand, is an unusual thing to find anywhere. Sublime is a fine-dining restaurant set inside a handsome house in a well-heeled Guatemala City neighborhood, with contemporary Guatemalan art on the walls and a semi-open kitchen guests can watch. It holds a spot on Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants list, and earns it by treating the country's history as a menu.
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The dough goes through a long fermentation before it ever sees the oven, and you can taste the patience in every bite. Terra Nostra is a sit-down pizza restaurant in zone 14 where the crust is airy but has real structure, and the toppings lean on local Guatemalan ingredients read through an international lens. The terrace and patio keep things unhurried, the kind of place where a second glass appears before you've thought to ask for it.
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- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · Latin America's Best Restaurant
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Winner · Guatemala's Best Restaurant
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- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · Guatemala's Best Restaurant
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · Guatemala's Best Hotel Restaurant
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- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · Latin America's Best Hotel Restaurant
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Winner · Guatemala's Best Hotel Restaurant
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