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A Serious Eater's Guide to Buenos Aires and Beyond

The Empanada Quest: My Favorite Empanadas in Buenos Aires

Posted on May 13, 2025 Leave a Comment

The Empanada Quest: My Favorite Empanadas in Buenos Aires

You’d think finding a great empanada in Buenos Aires would be easy. This is the capital of a country where empanadas are practically a birthright. Most regions have their own style, their own filling, their own formula passed down for generations. You see them everywhere—bakeries, bodegones, parrillas, kiosks, gas stations. So why are so many […]

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Where to Eat in Buenos Aires: The Next Generation Pastry Hit List

Posted on April 8, 2022 Leave a Comment

Where to Eat in Buenos Aires: The Next Generation Pastry Hit List

There’s a certain realm that has truly shown oven-baked excellence over the last few years. I’m referring to buttery, warm, decadent, delicious fresh baked goods at cafés and bakeries – most of which are run by a new generation of bakers and pastry chefs.  

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Buenos Aires Hit List: A Recap of New Restaurants in 2016

Posted on December 31, 2016 Leave a Comment

Buenos Aires Hit List: A Recap of New Restaurants in 2016

There’s never been a shortage of places to dine in Buenos Aires, but really memorable food experiences didn’t happen every day. Until now, that is. As we approach BA’s restaurant golden era, we can see that new and exciting spots are no longer the exception to the parrilla-pasta-pizza-Palermo rule. Instead, innovative newcomers are popping up in every barrio, […]

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Pick Up the Fork: Comiendo Buenos Aires on UN3

Posted on October 2, 2015 4 Comments

Pick Up the Fork: Comiendo Buenos Aires on UN3

Awwww shit! Pick Up the Fork is busting out onto the (somewhat) big screen to entertain appetites with some of  porteñolandia’s greatest food hits. Stay tuned weekly for new episodes –> Watch on UN3.TV  Made with lots of fatty love by the genios of Building Motion Ideas.

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The Mid-Year Hit List: 15 New Buenos Aires Restaurants in 2014

Posted on July 25, 2014 8 Comments

The Mid-Year Hit List: 15 New Buenos Aires Restaurants in 2014

It’s only the first half of 2014 and the city has already exploded with new places to eat out. There seems to be a common trend with this Freshman class of newbies that I’m totally digging. It’s a general theme that is setting a new tone for the future way Buenos Aires dines: cooks and chefs as owners, involved in small […]

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The Modern Manduque Porteño: Astor

Posted on May 13, 2014 Leave a Comment

The Modern Manduque Porteño: Astor

November 2015 – ASTOR IS CLOSED, ANTICIPATED TO RE-OPEN IN SAN TELMO A wonderful welcome to the restaurant community, after just one visit I already knew Astor would become my top pick for best new spot in 2013 for the following reasons: creative cooking + great ingredients + interesting flavors + inviting atmosphere + classic porteño decor presented in a fresh way + buena […]

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More Brunch, Less Hype: A Triste Brunch at Sirop Folie

Posted on October 9, 2012 14 Comments

More Brunch, Less Hype: A Triste Brunch at Sirop Folie

Very high hopes were set for the brunch at Sirop Folie. Mentioned in many of the guidebooks, food blogs and online food guides when talking brunch in Buenos Aires, Sirop Folie Resto & Tea Corner made it to the top of many bruncheando lists. Perhaps blame it on high expectations, but this sad, expensive Recoleta spot […]

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Sudestada, High Winds with a Great Lunch Special

Posted on September 20, 2012 6 Comments

Sudestada, High Winds with a Great Lunch Special

Back in the good ole BA days, when the colectivo cost 80 centavos, Sudestada offered one of the best lunch specials in Palermo.  Fast forward a few years, add a 70% price increase and an inflations-a-bitch tax, and this Southeast Asian inspired restaurant still remains a long standing Buenos Aires lunch special favorite.

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The Chinese Food Counter: Asia Oriental Supermarket in Barrio Chino

Posted on July 10, 2012 13 Comments

The Chinese Food Counter: Asia Oriental Supermarket in Barrio Chino

ASIA ORIENTALS BAR HAS CLOSED! BACK UP: MIAN near the tracks, Mendoza 1725 for dumplings + peanut noodles. Oh, how I love you Asia Oriental food counter. With your pungent fishy odors, uncomfortable bar stools, over-crowded narrow eating space and disorganized inattentive service, you always put that cherry on top of my already rewarding Buenos Aires Barrio Chino […]

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Full City Coffee House: Real Coffee Has Finally Arrived

Posted on May 12, 2012 52 Comments

Full City Coffee House: Real Coffee Has Finally Arrived

**FULL CITY COFFEE HOUSE HAS CHANGED LOCATIONS AND IS NOW IN PALERMO SOHO ON THAMES** Coffee lovers look no further, your days of disappointed watered-down, milk bathed, sugar roasted cortados are over. Full City Coffee House in Chacarita is the absolute real deal, serving their own brand of high quality Colombian coffee and becoming one […]

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