Published Oct 15, 2025 Last reviewed Feb 19, 2026 At a Glance Address Paseo Bulnes at Alonso de Ovalle, Santiago Centro Neighbourhood Paseo Bulnes, south of La Moneda Price Range $ Best For Terremotos, chorrillanas, century old picada ritual Signature The original Palacio del Terremoto, founded 1920 Hours Lunch into evening Monday through Saturday Style Heritage picada in a gastronomy first format Reservations Walk in; lunch peaks fill fast Plan your visit Get Directions Ask Our Team Paseo Bulnes, esquina Alonso de Ovalle, Santiago The Pitch Our Take on Bar Las Tejas For 102 years Bar Las Tejas held a corner of Calle San Diego, long enough for actor Daniel Muñoz to baptize it the Palacio del Terremoto and for the name to go up in big letters over the bar. La Tercera covered the 2022 closure and the move a few blocks west to Paseo Bulnes, at the corner of Alonso de Ovalle.
The new room trades the old Teatro Roma building it had occupied since 1942 for a brighter, gastronomy first format. What survived the move: the terremoto, the chorrillana, and a clientele that treats both as national heritage.
Paseo Bulnes is the monumental pedestrian axis south of La Moneda, government architecture on both sides, and the bar's tables now spill onto it. Inside, the memorabilia compresses a century into one room. BioBioChile recorded that the San Diego building fell to real estate development; the spirit relocated intact.
Prices stay picada level: this remains one of the cheapest serious lunches within five blocks of La Moneda, and portions assume you skipped breakfast.
Office workers and ministry staff fill the lunch hours; afternoons bring the faithful from the San Diego era. The cumbia bands that started here, Chico Trujillo and Santaferia among the names the press cites, no longer fit the new format, but the jukebox memory lingers.
What to order
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The Terremoto
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The Chorrillana
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Lomito or Mechada