Where to eat in Buenos Aires

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Buenos Aires, Argentina that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

Don Julio — Parrilla, Palermo (4). Order the Bife de cuadril + provoleta. The world-ranked parrilla — dry-aged beef and Malbec ceremony.
Café Tortoni — Café notable, Avenida de Mayo (2). Order the Churros con chocolate. The 1858 grand café — churros, tango downstairs, history everywhere.
Pizzería Güerrin — Pizza porteña, Avenida Corrientes (1). Order the Fugazzeta + fainá. Standing-room fugazzeta by the slice since 1932.
El Obrero — Bodegón, La Boca (2). Order the Milanesa napolitana + flan mixto. Dockworkers' bodegón since 1954; football flags and flan.
Heladería Cadore — Heladería, Avenida Corrientes (1). Order the Dulce de leche granizado. Third-generation gelato; the dulce de leche is the benchmark.
El Cuartito — Pizza porteña, Retiro (1). Order the Muzzarella grande + moscato. Boxing posters and thick-crust muzzarella since 1934.
La Mezzetta — Pizza al corte, Villa Ortúzar (1). Order the Fugazzeta rellena al corte. The stand-up fugazzeta rellena of legend, since 1939.
El Preferido de Palermo — Bodegón, Palermo (3). Order the Milanesa + jamón casero. The pink-corner bodegón reborn — classics done with reverence.