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El Maizal de Alex
El Maizal de Alex
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A small roadside restaurant on the El Peñol–Guatapé road, 400 metres from La Piedra, serving traditional Antioquian food. It holds 5.0 stars from 8 reviews — a small sample, but unanimous.
The arepa of corn with cheese and condensed milk is what diners name first, followed by the panzerottis. The cooking is done in front of you, with no kitchen out of sight.
Yes, and a diner says so explicitly, which is not something most traditional Antioquian kitchens in the area can claim.
Personal. Diners describe the cook, Gabriel, preparing food to order and his wife Carla making the green and hot sauces served with it, and more than one mentions being offered seconds of anything but the meat at no charge.
Diners describe the prices as good, and several make the comparison with the restaurants clustered at the rock. Its position 400 metres away from that cluster is part of why.
On the El Peñol–Guatapé road at number 3794, 400 metres from La Piedra and about 2.5 km from Guatapé's centre. It is a stop on the way to or from the rock rather than somewhere you travel to.
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