Prudencia

Top choice in Bogotá


This doozy of dining and design is run by Colombian-American husband-and-wife team Mario and Meghan. The sunlit canopy, an unorthodox marriage of bamboo and steel designed by noted architect Simón Vélez, is a striking setting for the weekly changing four-course menus (vegetarian or non), forged with local ingredients and an often wood-fired international flair.

Menus are never repeated, but vegetarian dishes have included wood-braised fennel and zucchini with saffron and tomato, polenta and fresh-cured buffalo mozzarella; proteins have ranged from Jamaican-spiced pulled pork to pastrami rib-eye steaks. Desserts, such as the one combining white-chocolate mousse, organic honey and peanut butter, leave the sweetest of aftertastes.


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