La Cocina is a street-food stop in Recoleta, Buenos Aires.
Editorially verified June 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Avenida Pueyrredon 1508, C1118 Buenos Aires
Recoleta empanada institution since 1976. Salteña, tucumana and cuyana empanadas baked or fried, tamales and winter locro; family-owned three generations.
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Sunday Mataderos fair on the old livestock-yard plazas. Provincial empanadas, asado off open coals, winter locro, tamales; gaucho displays alongside.
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Balvanera counter specialising in the Tucuman regional canon: hand-formed empanadas of cuchillo-cut beef, humitas en chala and tamales. Cheap, fast, packed.
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Sunday San Telmo fair runs the length of Defensa. Choripan grills, churros stands, empanada carts and tango buskers between Plaza Dorrego and Plaza de Mayo.
TryChoripan, churros, empanadas, helado
Pedro Pena and German Sitz upgraded the street choripan to chef-counter form: house-made sausages, ferments, pickled toppings and signature chimichurris.
TryChoripan with house sausage
Buenos Aires' classic choripan-cart strip along the Costanera Sur reserve. Open-flame grills, chorizo and bondiola sandwiches, paper napkins, cans of beer.
TryChoripan from grill carts
Recoleta empanada institution since 1976. Salteña, tucumana and cuyana empanadas baked or fried, tamales and winter locro; family-owned three generations.
TrySalteña and tucumana empanadas
