Mondongo’s

The Lowdown.

If you are looking for where to eat Paisa food, this culinary landmark has two incredibly popular venues on two of the most emblematic streets in Medellin, La 10 and La 70 in Poblado and Laureles. Both are brilliant for observing the ultra-traditional paisa families and couples in their natural habitat.

As the name suggests, they serve up the most traditional of paisa stews, Mondongo, made with tripe, yuca, or cassava. They also have a collection with the best Colombian dishes near Poblado. Everything that you could want from one of the best traditional restaurants in Colombia. Delicious arepas, empanadas, and a bandeja paisa that will unleash all the seven deadly sins in one gluttonous lunchtime challenge.

First, there’s the greed for wanting it, the lust for pork, envy that you didn’t order something else (halfway through), intense feelings of gluttony throughout, a little wrath (at yourself) for thinking that you could finish it alone, then pride when you finally do.

Followed by a sloth in the immediate aftermath of doing so. The original was opened in 1976 but has since moved to Calle 70. The Poblado version has been in Calle 10 since 1995.