Located conveniently in the financial area, Pim's Restaurant combines Quito's modern look with its colonial background in a two story structure, an example of the contrasting natures of Quito, a UNESCO heritage city.
The teams are given a number for the order of their departure the next morning and enjoy a meal. The restaurant serves international cuisine, steaks and hamburgers as well as Ecuadorian dishes. When in Ecuador, try:
- Caldo or sopa: soups, available as a breakfast item in markets
- Churrasco: beef, fried eggs, vegetables, fried potatoes, avocado, rice and tomato
- Cuy: grilled guinea pig
- Lechón: ; roasted suckling pig
- Llapingachos: potato and cheese pancake, often served with small bits of meat
- Tortillas de maiz: corn pancakes
- Locro: soup with potatoes, corn and avocado
- Parrilla: mixed meat barbequed Argentine style
- Tortillas de maiz: corn pancakes
- Yaguarlocro: locro made with blood sausage; an acquired taste
The teams bed down for the night under a tent in separate cots.
At 10,000 ft (2850 m), twenty-two miles from the Equator, a visitor would expect extremely hot weather but the altitude tempers that. There are no extremes in temperature, and year-round temperatures feel spring-like. There are two seasons, wet and dry, and for convenience sake, the wet season in termed "winter."