12 budget eating worth the trip across Argentina, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Argentina guides.
Chori ★ 4.4 · Buenos Aires
palermo-soho · Thames 1653, C1414 Buenos Aires
Chef-driven choripan counter from Pedro Pena and German Sitz: house-made sausages, four pickles, three chimichurris; the cheapest meal at Palermo quality.
Pinta Pizza ★ 4.4 · Buenos Aires
palermo-soho · Avenida Cabrera 3801, C1186 Buenos Aires
Palermo natural-fermentation pizza by the slice or full pie. Cheaper than a Don Julio steak, dialled-in dough, brings a small queue at lunch.
El Cuartito ★ 4.3 · Buenos Aires
microcentro · Talcahuano 937, C1013 Buenos Aires
Stand-up pizza al molde since 1934. Order a cuarta de muzza or fugazzeta at the counter, fold and eat with a tin of moscato. Sit-down dining at the back.
Pizzeria Guerrin ★ 4.3 · Buenos Aires
microcentro · Avenida Corrientes 1368, C1043 Buenos Aires
Corrientes institution since 1932 with two-tier service: stand-up counter slices for a few dollars, sit-down tables and full pies at the back.
El Obrero ★ 4.3 · Buenos Aires
la-boca · Agustin R. Caffarena 64, C1157 Buenos Aires
La Boca bodegon since 1954. Soccer scarves on the walls, simple parrilla, daily specials chalked up; a famous Bono and Bourdain pilgrimage stop.
El Sanjuanino ★ 4.3 · Buenos Aires
recoleta · Posadas 1515, C1011 Buenos Aires
Recoleta empanada institution since 1976. Order a dozen mixed (salteña, tucumana, cuyana) and take them away to the cemetery park for a working-lunch budget.
La Cocina ★ 4.2 · Buenos Aires
recoleta · Avenida Pueyrredon 1508, C1118 Buenos Aires
Pueyrredon empanada counter famous for tucumana-style and the picante (spicy minced beef and potato). Winter Tuesdays and Thursdays bring locro at the bar.
Miramar ★ 4.2 · Buenos Aires
san-cristobal · Avenida San Juan 1999, C1232 Buenos Aires
San Cristobal Spanish-Argentine bodegon since 1948. Paella on Sundays, weeknight classics; one of the city's last big wood-panelled rooms at bodegon prices.
Albamonte ★ 4.1 · Buenos Aires
chacarita · Avenida Corrientes 6735, C1427 Buenos Aires
Chacarita Argentine-Italian bodegon since 1953. Hand-rolled noodles, baked pastas and cheap Sunday family lunches under wood-beam ceilings on Corrientes.
El Imperio de la Pizza ★ 4.1 · Buenos Aires
almagro · Avenida Corrientes 3893, C1194 Buenos Aires
Almagro pizzeria on Corrientes for the classic cheap-and-fast porteno move: a cuarta of mozzarella plus a slice of faina, eaten standing at the counter.
El Club de la Milanesa ★ 4.0 · Buenos Aires
belgrano · Juramento 2995, C1428 Buenos Aires
Belgrano R milanesa hall: 20-plus toppings (napolitana, fugazzeta, calabresa), generous portions, beer-and-fries combos, packed with locals weeknights.
El Hornero Tucumano ★ 4.0 · Buenos Aires
balvanera · Avenida Cordoba 1857, C1120 Buenos Aires
Balvanera empanada counter doing the Tucuman canon at lunch-budget prices. Stand-up service, half-dozen empanadas plus a humita at working-lunch cost.