Tipico Restaurante Near Bogota (great atmosphere)

Well I finally stumbled onto it, still don't know what it is called but with a map all is easy.

For those of you living in or visiting Bogota who want an experience a slightly more old-fashioned country-Colombian experience for a meal I reccomend the place that is directly across the road from Kurnik, see the mapa .

You go up out of the city through an area with lots of little roadside snack stops, through a toll booth, along a beautiful rural vista to the east, and then down a hill towards the river Teuscama. As you approach the bridge look on the right side of the road, immediately across the bridge there is a restaurant there(as well as the left which the one with the map). The one on the right has great decor with an old time tipico casa campestre/finca feel, surrounded by tons and tons and tons of flowers.

It is multi-level with thatched-covered outdoor eating patios accessible via a stone stairway through some small gardens. If that's "too cold" the main dining room is enclosed and overlooks the river. Very pretty. Good menu with traditional dishes plus has a buffet with good salad options). Feels *very* out of the city.

If you go, please get the name of it for me!

By adrimm on May 3, 2006, 19:09 in Friendly Talkzone.

juanalejo says on May 4, 2006, 15:49:

El Balcón de Teusacá If I remember correctly it is called el Balcón de Teusacá on the way to La Calera. It is a nice little, quaint restaurant.

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adrimm says on May 4, 2006, 15:49:

Yep I know what a hole-in-the-wall place is (we use the same expression up here). The place that I am recommending is *not* the restaurant in the picture, but a restaurant that is directly across the road from it.

To my eye the one I am suggesting has considerably more roadside appeal (thanks to the flowers), although the full "interestingness" factor increases dramatically once one gets past the gate.

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adrimm says on Jul 15, 2007, 01:21:

Juanalejo, Thank you for the name of the restuarant!

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goin_south says on Jul 15, 2007, 01:32:

adrimm... thanks! I remembe seeing this last year, and I think the next trip to Bogota... we will take the map and find it. It's making me hungry as we speak.

'what does it mean, when one of you (colombians) tell another: YOU WERE NOT/ARE NOT. 'COLOMBIAN ENOUGH'?? jejeje..a mixture, I think, of stupidity mixed with a false sense of arrogance.. How 'colombian' do you have to be? to be 'colombian enough

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adrimm says on Jul 15, 2007, 02:00:

No probs. Glad the info is useful!!

PS: I've just discovered a feature that allows us to see posts that we have made (and the subsequent comments). It's wonderful to go back and pick up some of the threads again.

:)

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goin_south says on Jul 15, 2007, 02:09:

adrimmm... about that other post.. for the old dude, going to Bogota... again., just like the 'Liking Aguardiente" thread, (and,....OTHER DRUGS!)... THE ENVIRONMENT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

If you're distracted by... su novia the entire time... you don't knotice the altitude... even if she's on her.... and you're jus tryin to keep the sheeetsclean. :)

Love conquers all!
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