The World's Best Restaurant is in Peru

Plus, berry ice cream for summer, a new outdoor bar in NYC, and the worst crimes against food, according to Italians.

Central in Lima, Peru is the World’s Best Restaurant

Last week, the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants list was announced in a ceremony in Valencia. The top spot was given to Virgilio Martinez and Pia Leon, the husband-and-wife team behind Central, a restaurant in Lima, Peru that takes inspiration from its country’s vast bounty. The menu consists of ingredients sourced throughout Peru — from the Pacific Ocean to the Andes. The restaurant offers several tasting menus that take diners through the country’s various ecosystems. A 12-course culinary journey, for example, costs about $287 USD. Currently, according to its website, the restaurant is only taking reservations through September 2023, with the reservation books for October through December 2023 opening on August 15. Food adventurers should mark their calendars accordingly.

See the entire World’s 50 Best Restaurants List here.

Salt & Straw Releases Berry-Good Ice Cream Flavors

Summer is the time for fresh berries and Portland-based Salt & Straw ice cream is taking advantage of Oregon’s berry season with its “Berries Berries Berries” seasonal ice cream flavors. All flavors are available to ship nationwide or visit a scoop shop for a more personal approach. The flavors include Birthday Cake & Blackberries, Wild-Foraged Berry Slab Pie, Goat Cheese Marionberry Habanero, GoNanas Strawberry Caramel Banana Bread, and the vegan-friendly coconut milk-based GoNanas Banana Blueberry Crumble.

Outdoor Bar @ Tin Building Photo courtesy of Tin Building

New York City’s Tin Building Has a New Outdoor Bar

Tin Building by Jean-Georges has just added a new bar where you can day drink on the water. Outdoor Bar @ Tin Building offers wine, beer, bubbles on tap, and a menu of summer sippers that includes the Bourbon Apricot Cooler (bourbon, apricot, lime, and mint) and the Summer Berry Mule (bourbon, blueberry, blackberry, lime, and ginger beer). For those who want to enjoy the waterfront views but don’t want to imbibe, Outdoor Bar offers nonalcoholic options, as well.

The Top Crimes Against Food

It might be because of its everyday accessibility, but Italian food is the cuisine that gets the most abused. The website bonusfinder.com actually surveyed 1,400 Italian residents to find out the worst crimes tourists commit against authentic Italian food. The worst “crime”: putting ketchup on pizza, followed closely by using pineapple as a pizza topping. If you’re planning a trip to Italy this summer, Other food crimes include putting cheese on a meal that has seafood, eating pizza with a knife and fork, and not sharing your food— so offer that last piece of bruschetta to your friends with gusto!