The owners of the food truck, Soul Kitchen, have done it again with one of the best coffee options in Santiago: Café 100. Café 100, named for its location in the Matucana 100 Cultural Center, just opened July 11th and is the reason you should get your butt out of your chair and head to Quinta Normal. The owners have taken the flavors and style that have made them famous for their food truck and have added gourmet coffee to the mix. They have switched it up a bit from their spicy tacos to gourmet sandwiches and mixed green salads — seriously yum! However, no need to worry, they have no plans to get rid of the tacos but will only be using the food truck for events and will be focusing 100 percent on the Café for now. All of their ingredients are fresh and local, making for delicious dishes with flavors that pop. What’s best, is that they have just planted a vegetable garden in the same area, so they can start using their own vegetables in each dish! I recommend trying their delicious sandwich of grilled vegetables with red pepper paste, pesto and mayo between Pan Vitta whole wheat bread — yum! Accompany it with one of their drip coffees made with freshly ground Peruvian coffee(this is a place to take coffee snobs). I can only see Café 100 getting better as they get their kitchen fully put together and get settled in — I am excited to see what they will be bringing to Quinta Normal in the coming months! Tip: I hear they will be opening up brunch in August!
Paula M.
Place rating: 5 Santiago de Chile, Chile
Ubicado en el Centro Cultural Matucana 100, en la antesala del gran teatro, este café es uno de los pocos lugares de Santiago que se enfoca en la comida sustentable y en la producción propia de cada uno de sus ingredientes. Ofrecen una amplia variedad de jugos naturales, batidos, sopas, ensaladas, sandwiches, pasteles, tortas, galletas y bebidas calientes, con una notable característica; todos los ingredientes que utilizan son orgánicos, producidos en su propio huerto, el cual está ubicado en las mismas instalaciones del café. Lo mejor es que no sólo la comida del lugar es exquisita, sustentable y orgánica, lo cual lo transforma en una alternativa no sólo rica pero también saludable, además puedes combinar toda esta experiencia gastronómica y cafetera, con lo mejor de las artes escénicas, teatro, danza, música, artes visuales y cine, todo en un mismo lugar.