La Cuchara de San Marcos

Traditional local meals that have been made vegan friendly. Delicious handcrafted options for vegans, vegetarians and meat eaters. Enjoyable atmosphere and staff in a clean and comfortable casa that has been renovated into a restaurant, juice bar and small gift shop.

I discovered La cuchara de san Marcos thanks to the vegetarian owner of the Hostal Quit cultural, and I am very happy to have done it.! I did not see any kind of meet in the menu, but all the dishes seemed to me very interesting. I ate a vegetarian version of the typical Ecuatorian soup yahuarlocro, a vegetarian hamburger made of tofu, quinua and other good ingredients and an excellent "figs cheese-cake". As a drink, I chose a natural naranjilla juice and one espresso coffee (but they have a large choice of organic coffees and teas). The bill was around 18 USD. All the products used by the cook are organic. The athmosphere of the restaurant is very nice. Located in a peaceful corner of the Old Historical Quito Center, at the end of the beautifil calle Junin, La cuchara de San Marcos includes also a shop of handcrafts made by recycled materials, natural cosmetics, marmelades etc. All these products come from the Fair Trade circuit.