Traditional cantina
La Piojera
Centro, near Mercado Central · Santiago
🍽 Traditional cantina📍 Centro, near Mercado Central🇨🇱 Santiago
Why eat here
A century-old cantina near the central market, famously noisy and crowded, where market traders, students and office workers still eat and drink shoulder to shoulder.
Good to know
Come early in the evening, because the room fills quickly and gets very loud after nine.
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