This intimate red-bricked local’s haunt is like a museum to the Huaraz that once was. The walls are covered floor-to-ceiling in historical photos of a pre-earthquake, pre-trekking-era city living out its daily life. The food is an equally photo-worthy pastiche of unusual cordillera cuisine, including chocho, the alpine answer to ceviche, with the fish replaced with lupine (an Andean legume).
It also does traditional Peruvian ceviche (with fish), leche de tigre (ceviche juice) and chicharrónes (deep-fried pork rinds) – perfect fodder if you need an away day from the ubiquitous pizzas and burgers of the standard post-trekking restaurants.