Doña Eugenia
Restaurante Doña Eugenia
The long-running restaurant that brought the volcanic-stone soup k'alapurka to Potosí, a famous local spot that serves only in the morning and early afternoon.
Founder Eugenia Rodríguez brought k'alapurka, a spicy corn soup cooked with volcanic stones, from Linares Province to Potosí, where it became a signature dish of the city. She passed away in 2021, and her family continues to run the restaurant. The soup is made with beef or dried beef, potatoes, white corn flour and red chili, and is served with a hot stone that sizzles when it goes into the bowl, along with peeled corn kernels. The restaurant is at the junction of Santa Cruz Avenue and Hermanos Ortega Street in the south of town, near the cemetery and the railway, and it is some distance from the old town, so a taxi is recommended. It mainly serves breakfast and lunch; if you go in the evening, the soup may have sold out. Prices are affordable.
Opening hours
Morning to early afternoon, closing around 13:00 (check on site; it used to be closed on Wednesdays)
Nearby sights
- Church of San Lorenzo de Carangas
- Mercado Central
- Casa Nacional de Moneda
- Potosí Cathedral
- Torre de la Compañía de Jesús
- Church of San Martín
- Plaza 10 de Noviembre
- Convent of Santa Teresa