Tuesday, May 22, 2012

La Cueva — A Gourmet Dining Adventure in Bariloche

September 16, 2011 by  
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La Cueva restaurant is one of the most exclusive and adventurous, if not exactly eco-friendly, dining experiences you can have in Bariloche. As its name suggests, ‘The Cave,’ is set inside the belly of a mountain — Princess Peak, seven kilometers from the base of Cerro Catedral ski resort. This 17-seat ‘destination dining’ spot, surrounded [...]

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Friends Restaurant — 24-Hour Eatery

June 24, 2011 by  
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Friends in downtown Bariloche is a festive eatery that serves up decent, if slightly greasy, Argentine food 24 hours a day. Here you’ll find the classics — pasta, pizza, hamburgers and some European fare such as goulash and spatzle at reasonable prices. The thick-crust pizza is a filling diversion from the normal Argentine thin-crusted pie. [...]

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Pilgrim Irish Pub

May 26, 2011 by  
Filed under Bariloche

Bariloche’s most enduring Irish pub, Pilgrim has a great atmosphere and is a cozy place for an afternoon meal or an aprés-ski. On summer days it’s the perfect place to sit on the patio and enjoy a pint. After the dinner hour Pilgrim turns into the crowded party scene you’d expect from an Irish bar, [...]

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Simoca — Northern Argentine Food in Bariloche

May 9, 2011 by  
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Fans of Buenos Aires’ Cumaná will want to visit Simoca while in Bariloche. This restaurant serves up northern Argentine specialties and is a great option for those who want to discover the distinctive cuisine of provincial Argentina. Simoca has a cozy, family feel with tables spilling over during peak hours. Argentine folk art, creeping vines [...]

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Chifa Man-San: San Telmo’s Chinese-Peruvian Greasy Spoon

August 10, 2010 by  
Filed under budget travel, Restaurants

Chifa Man-San, a Peruvian-Chinese restaurant is an enduring budget favorite, serendipitously located on Perú Street in San Telmo. Here you’ll dine among Peruvian families, foreigners on a shoestring and artisans from the San Telmo Street Fair having a bite to eat after a day selling their wares. The word ‘Chifa’ comes from the Mandarin ‘chi1 [...]

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Post Data — A Postal Themed Cafe in Recoleta

May 22, 2010 by  
Filed under Buenos Aires, Cafés

A postal themed cafe and pastry shop a stone’s throw from the tombs of Recoleta cemetery, Post•Data is so twee and wonderfully decorated that Hansel and Gretel are probably regular customers. Pretty stamps form the stripes on the wallpaper, old postcards and letters dangle from the ceiling as mobiles and vivid colors glisten on the [...]

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Cumaná — Authentic Argentinean Food

May 10, 2010 by  
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Cumaná is down-to-earth, very affordable, and offers a great variety of real Argentinean food, despite being situated in swanky Recoleta. This restaurant allows visitors to see that there’s more to authentic Argentinean food than imports from Italy such as pizza and pasta, red meat cut in a lot of different ways and the often bland [...]

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Sarkis – Delectable Armenian Food in Palermo Soho

May 8, 2010 by  
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Sarkis is a wildly popular Armenian restaurant in Palermo, and for very good reason. It’s cheap, the servings are abundant and, most importantly, the food is wonderful. Thanks to a large Armenian community in Buenos Aires, there are a number of restaurants around Palermo Soho area that serve that country’s delectable Greek/Middle-Eastern style food, and [...]

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Patatas Bravas – Vegetarian Eatery

February 8, 2010 by  
Filed under Restaurants, Vegetarian

For a fine vegetarian lunch in microcentro, go no further than Patatas Bravas on Suipacha.  This little gem is not strictly vegetarian – it features organic foods including some chicken and fish dishes – but non-meat eaters will find their needs well looked after.  The range of dishes they offer are not just interesting and [...]

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Italians in Argentina

January 5, 2010 by  
Filed under History, People

They say that Argentines are Italians who happen to speak Spanish. With several waves of immigrants arriving from the boot-shaped nation since Argentina won independence from Spain, it seems every second person here has an Italian surname, and of those who don’t, most will have an uncle or a grandmother hailing from Genoa, Sicily, Friuli [...]

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