9 Latin American Restaurants That Are Among the World’s Best

By  Yara Simón

Chef prepare food at Mexico's Dinner With Enrique Olvera And Jordi Roca during Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival presented By FOOD & WINE at Cosme NYC on October 15, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Mike Pont/Getty Images for NYCWFF

Chef prepare food at Mexico's Dinner With Enrique Olvera And Jordi Roca during Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival presented By FOOD & WINE at Cosme NYC on October 15, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Mike Pont/Getty Images for NYCWFF

According to this year’s 50 Best Restaurants List – aka the who’s who of the culinary world – French cuisine is tops. Though, the The Diners Club International’s rankings are generally criticized for favoring European fare, Latin America is solidly represented on this year’s list. Only a handful of Latin American countries made the cut, but Peru (with two restaurants in the top 10) had another exceptional year. Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Colombia are also represented on the list.

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We can’t promise these will be wallet friendly, but here are the best ways to satiate your hunger in Latin America and the U.S. 

1

Central

Rank: 6
City: Lima, Peru
Style of Food: Contemporary Peruvian
Chefs: Virgilio Martínez and Pía León

2

Maido

Rank: 10
City: Lima, Peru
Style of Food: Nikkei
Chefs: Mitsuharu Tsumura, Cesar Choy

3

Pujol

Rank: 12
City: Mexico City, Mexico
Style of Food: Mexican haute cuisine
Chef: Enrique Olvera

4

Cosme

Rank: 23
City: New York, New York
Style of Food: Modern Mexican
Chef: Daniela Soto-Innes

5

Quintonil

Rank: 24
City: Mexico City, Mexico
Style of Food: Contemporary Mexican
Chef: Jorge Vallejo

6

Boragó

Rank: 26
City: Santiago, Chile
Style of Food: Contemporary Chilean
Chef: Rodolfo Guzmán

7

Don Julio

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Rank: 34
City: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Style of Food: Argentine parrilla
Chefs: Pablo Jesus Rivero, Guido Tassi

8

A Casa do Porco

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Rank: 39
City: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Style of Food: Lots of pork
Chefs: Jefferson Rueda

9

Leo

Rank: 49
City: Bogota, Colombia
Style of Food: Modern Colombian
Chefs: Leonor Espinosa

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