Sit-DownPeruvian$$
Amar
El Paso
Peruvian cooking — lomo saltado, ceviche, aji — in a city that does not have much of it.
Why it is on the list
- Consistently near the top of local best-restaurant lists.
- A genuinely different cuisine in a town that leans hard one direction.
What to order
Lomo saltado.
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