Historic and elegant, Las Violetas café, patisserie and restaurant is an essential stop on any Buenos Aires café tour. Now over 125 years old, Las Violetas remains extraordinarily popular. Every weekend afternoon tea-hungry diners form an orderly line outside its curved-glass doors to wait for one of the marble-topped tables. Declared a Buenos Aires’ Heritage […]
Gijón: Authentic Spanish Fare in Monserrat
If you’re looking for Spanish food in a unpretentious bodegón de barrio try Gijón in the oft overlooked the Monserrat neighborhood, right next door to San Telmo. With brash lighting, a boisterous family atmosphere and borderline rude but efficient Galician waiters (including the owner, José), Gijón delivers good food, cheap house wine and abundant portions. […]
La Cueva: A Gourmet Dining Adventure in Bariloche
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, which sits seven kilometers from the base of Cerro Catedral ski resort. Getting To La Cueva […]
Friends Restaurant: Bariloche’s 24-Hour Eatery
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. […]
Cerros Nevados — All-You-Can-Eat Buffet
Those traveling in Argentina for any length of time will discover tenedor libres, or ‘free fork’ restaurants (read: all-you-can-eat). They’re a great option for those with big appetites and small wallets, or groups who can’t agree on what they want to eat. Many of Argentina’s all-you-can-eat cafeterias are run by Chinese families, and they […]
