Fuente Alemana

Santiago, Chile

A Santiago institution on Avenida Pedro de Valdivia, open since 1939. The long counter seats fill with office workers at lunch ordering lomitos, churrascos, and longaniza sandwiches. The longaniza arrives grilled and split in a warm marraqueta with a smear of mayo and a scoop of pebre. Speed matters here. The cooks work a wall of flat-top grills without stopping, and the sandwiches arrive fast. No table service, no reservations, no fuss.

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Sausages served here

Longaniza Chilena

Ñuble, Chile

Chile's go-to fresh pork sausage, seasoned with ají de color (Chilean paprika), cumin, garlic, and oregano. Some makers add merkén, a smoked chili from the Mapuche tradition, for extra heat. The grind is coarse, the casing thin, and the links either coiled into spirals or strung out long. Every asado in Chile starts with longaniza on the grill, split lengthwise and charred until the fat crackles. The sausage shows up on street carts stuffed into marraqueta bread with pebre, the cilantro-onion-chili salsa that goes on everything.

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