The Best Grocers and Food Shops in Santiago

Santiago shops at its ferias libres, the street markets that set up weekly across every barrio, and at La Vega Central, the vast central market for fruit, vegetables, and cheese. Neighborhood almacenes and specialist shops fill the gaps.

La Vega Central is Santiago's main produce market, just north of the Mapocho river. It is cheap, loud, and enormous, selling fruit, vegetables, meat, cheese, and Chilean specialties, with cheap kitchens around its edges. Go in the morning and bring cash.

Yes. Barrio Italia, Providencia, and Vitacura have delis, cheesemongers, wine merchants, and shops importing hard-to-find ingredients, alongside Chilean producers selling olive oil, honey, and preserves.