Inside Andrés Carnes de Res, Bogotá’s Wildest Restaurant | Eater
"Founded as a roadside grill in 1982, this vast, eccentric destination—part restaurant, part nightclub, part theme park—has become a theatrical celebration of Colombian food and revelry. Recommended repeatedly by chefs and diplomats alike specifically for its arepas and dancing, it sprawls across multiple buildings and dining rooms, seats thousands, employs hundreds, and features supervised kids’ areas, a dog daycare, hammocks for sleeping off excesses, a rock-climbing wall, roaming performers, multiple dance floors and a DJ booth. The kitchen, led by Marco Antonio Beltrán Rodríguez, turns out consistently excellent traditional dishes: stellar empanadas and delicate papas criollas; arepa de choclo, arepa de maíz and atorreja de maíz; hearty soups like ajiaco and cuchuco de trigo; a salt-crusted beef tenderloin and other robust meats; spicy shrimp ceviche; crisp pork belly; and a long dessert list that includes meringue cake with guanábana and bright lulo juice. With a 76-page menu covering ceviches, dozens of plantain preparations, offal, an extensive spirits selection and even tobacco offerings, the place resists being a watered-down clubstaurant and instead acts as an exuberant, uncompromising ambassador for Colombian cuisine and nightlife—intense, convivial, and unforgettable, especially given the altitude-driven propensity to drink more than you expect." - Ryan Sutton
