The Places · Colombia
Bogotá
Made By profiles 4 places in Bogotá, spanning cocktail bar/small plates, contemporary colombian, modern colombian fine dining — each tied to the people and producers behind it.
01.Contemporary Colombian
El Chato
Bogotá, Colombia
Among Bogotá's most globally recognised modern Colombian restaurants, El Chato has held a position inside the World's 50 Best since 2023, reaching #25 in 2024, while keeping the format deliberately relaxed. Chef Álvaro Clavijo applies European technique to native Colombian ingredients, producing a menu that reads as a producer ledger as much as a dining list. Reservations are taken for lunch and dinner Tuesday through Sunday, with Sunday service closing at 4 pm.
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02.Modern Colombian Fine Dining
Leo
Bogotá, Colombia
Leo has held a place in the World's 50 Best Restaurants every year since 2019, peaking at #43 in 2023 and sitting at #76 in 2025. Chef Leonor Espinosa's seasonal tasting menu moves through Colombia's ecosystems, Amazon, Caribbean, Pacific coast, using indigenous ingredients that rarely appear on any menu outside their region of origin. It is the most externally validated address in Bogotá's modern Colombian dining scene.
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03.Cocktail Bar/Small Plates
La Sala de Laura
Bogotá, Colombia
La Sala de Laura has climbed the World's 50 Best Bars list three consecutive years, reaching #44 in 2024 before settling at #68 in 2025, making it one of the most-tracked bar programs in Latin America. Located on Calle 65 Bis in Bogota, it holds a 4.5 Google rating across its reviews and sits in the upper tier of the city's serious cocktail scene, alongside peers recognized on the Top 500 Bars global index.
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04.Modern Japanese Izakaya with Colombian Fusion
Humo Negro
Bogotá, Colombia
Humo Negro occupies a relaxed room on Carrera 5 in Chapinero, where Chef Jaime Torregrosa builds a small-plates menu that draws simultaneously on Latin American, Nordic, and Japanese techniques applied to Colombian ingredients. The format is designed entirely for sharing, which shapes both the pacing and the social register of a meal here. It sits in Bogotá's mid-tier modern dining tier, closer in spirit to a neighbourhood creative table than a formal tasting room.
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