7 food markets worth the trip across Argentina, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Argentina guides.
Mercado de San Telmo ★ 4.5 · Buenos Aires
san-telmo · Defensa 963, C1065 Buenos Aires
Italianate-facade market opened 1897 by Juan A. Buschiazzo, a national historic monument since 2000. Butchers, fruit, food stalls and antiques under one roof.
Feria de Mataderos ★ 4.4 · Buenos Aires
mataderos · Avenida Lisandro de la Torre and Avenida de los Corrales, Mataderos, C1440 Buenos Aires
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.
Feria de San Telmo ★ 4.4 · Buenos Aires
san-telmo · Defensa between San Juan and Plaza de Mayo, C1099 Buenos Aires
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.
Mercado del Progreso ★ 4.3 · Buenos Aires
caballito · Avenida Rivadavia 5430, C1424 Buenos Aires
Caballito covered market opened 1889. Old-school produce, butcher and fishmonger stalls; the morning shop where Caballito families fill the weekly trolley.
Barrio Chino (Chinatown grocers) ★ 4.3 · Buenos Aires
belgrano · Arribenos and Mendoza, C1428 Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires' Chinatown along Arribenos. Asian groceries, dim sum on Sunday, imported produce; the city's deepest Asian-pantry shopping strip.
Mercado de Belgrano ★ 4.2 · Buenos Aires
belgrano · Juramento 2527, C1428 Buenos Aires
Belgrano's covered neighborhood market on Juramento. Produce, butchers, fishmongers and a clutch of small food counters; locals shop here for daily groceries.
Mercado de Pulgas Dorrego ★ 3.8 · Buenos Aires
colegiales · Avenida Dorrego 1100, C1414 Buenos Aires
Indoor antiques and flea market on Dorrego in Colegiales. Vintage Argentine kitchenware, hand-painted crockery, old advertising signs from porteno bodegones.