ELEVATED DINING

The food scene in La Paz, Bolivia's mountain capital, might be the most exciting in South America

- SORREL MOSELEY-WILLIAMS

Clockwise from right: A cocktail at Cielo; a building by the iconic Bolivian architect Freddy Mamani; vegetables at Ancestral

FOR YEARS, well-heeled foodies had only one reason to put La Paz on their bucket lists: Gustu. Opened by Noma cofounder Claus Meyer in 2013, the fine-dining restaurant focused on indigenous ingredients like oca tubers, llama, and fermented yucca. The first of its kind in the city, it proved that an appetite existed for creative interpretations of traditional Bolivian flavors.