Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Buenos Aires shops, snacks and lunches.

Markets to wander

Mercado de San Telmo ★ 4.5

Daily 09:00-22:0060 vendorssan-telmo

Italianate-facade market opened 1897 by Juan A. Buschiazzo, a national historic monument since 2000. Butchers, fruit, food stalls and antiques under one roof.

Go forEmpanadas, Asado, Antique browsing, Picada

Mercado de Belgrano ★ 4.2

Mon-Sat 09:00-20:0035 vendorsbelgrano

Belgrano's covered neighborhood market on Juramento. Produce, butchers, fishmongers and a clutch of small food counters; locals shop here for daily groceries.

Go forProduce, Butcher, Empanadas

Mercado del Progreso ★ 4.3

Mon-Sat 07:00-14:00 and 17:00-20:3050 vendorscaballito

Caballito covered market opened 1889. Old-school produce, butcher and fishmonger stalls; the morning shop where Caballito families fill the weekly trolley.

Go forProduce, Butcher, Fish, Cheese

Feria de Mataderos ★ 4.4

Sunday 11:00-20:00 (Apr-Dec)200 vendorsmataderos

Sunday folk-and-food fair on the historic livestock-yard plazas. Provincial empanadas, locro pots, whole-lamb al asador and gaucho displays; Apr-Dec season.

Go forProvincial empanadas, Locro, Asado al asador, Gaucho crafts

Feria de San Telmo ★ 4.4

Sun 10:00-17:00270 vendorssan-telmo

Sunday street-fair the length of Defensa from Plaza Dorrego to Plaza de Mayo: antiques, leather, food carts, choripan smoke and tango buskers; weekly event.

Go forChoripan, Antiques, Buskers, Sunday picada

Mercado de Pulgas Dorrego ★ 3.8

Tue-Sun 10:00-20:00150 vendorscolegiales

Indoor antiques and flea market on Dorrego in Colegiales. Vintage Argentine kitchenware, hand-painted crockery, old advertising signs from porteno bodegones.

Go forAntique food crockery, Vintage kitchenware

Barrio Chino (Chinatown grocers) ★ 4.3

Daily 10:00-21:0030 vendorsbelgrano

Buenos Aires' Chinatown along Arribenos. Asian groceries, dim sum on Sunday, imported produce; the city's deepest Asian-pantry shopping strip.

Go forAsian groceries, Dim sum on Sunday, Imported produce

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