For Colombia's quarantined poor, lunch is served by trendy restaurants

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BOGOTA (REUTERS) - In the bustling kitchen of one of Bogota's trendiest restaurants, a team of chefs that usually caters to the Colombian capital's well-heeled citizens is preparing meals for a community of people cut off from work and housing during the Andean country's coronavirus quarantine.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BOGOTA - In the bustling kitchen of one of Bogota's trendiest restaurants, a team of chefs that usually caters to the Colombian capital's well-heeled citizens is preparing meals for a community of people cut off from work and housing during the Andean country's coronavirus quarantine.

Now, two restaurants - El Chato, run by chef Alvaro Clavijo and winner of Colombia's best restaurant award in 2019 from Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants, and Chicheria Demente, have teamed up to bring nutritious meals to people renting beds by the day in central Bogota. Some 48 people live in the austere building, paying about US$2.70 per day for a room, or US$1.35 for a bunk bed. Many are informal workers who have seen their incomes plummet under quarantine.

"We take them different things, a daily meal, eggs so they have something else during the day, sometimes rice, sometimes water," said Ms Natalia Carreno, one of the partners at Chicheria Demente.While restrictions have begun gradually lifting in some places, Bogota's high infection rate has meant the city continues to observe stricter protocols.

 

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