El Hornero Tucumano ★ 4.0
Balvanera counter specialising in the Tucuman regional canon: hand-formed empanadas of cuchillo-cut beef, humitas en chala and tamales. Cheap, fast, packed.
Try: Tucumana empanadas and humitas
Neighbourhoodmataderos
HoursSunday 11:00-20:00 (Apr-Dec)
The dishProvincial empanadas, locro, asado
PaymentCash only
Location
Address: Avenida Lisandro de la Torre and Avenida de los Corrales, Mataderos, C1440 Buenos Aires
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