Don Julio ★ 4.9
Pablo Rivero's Palermo Soho parrilla; Latin America's 50 Best #1 in 2020 and 2024, #3 in 2025. One Michelin star plus a Green Star in the BA guide.
Signature: Bife de chorizo, Provoleta, Empanadas
The food and design heart of the city. Cobbled streets around Plaza Serrano, Don Julio on Guatemala, cocktail bars on Honduras and Gurruchaga.
Pablo Rivero's Palermo Soho parrilla; Latin America's 50 Best #1 in 2020 and 2024, #3 in 2025. One Michelin star plus a Green Star in the BA guide.
Signature: Bife de chorizo, Provoleta, Empanadas
Pablo Rivero and Guido Tassi reopened this 1952 bodegon in 2020 with parrilla-grade Spanish-Italian classics. LA50B #24 in 2025; Michelin listed.
Signature: Tortilla, Vitel tone, Milanesa
Gaston Riveira's 2002 parrilla, famous for the dozen side bowls (purees, salsas, salads) served with every steak. Flagship plus La Cabrera Norte at 5127.
Signature: Bife de chorizo with side bowls, Provoleta, Ojo de bife
Pedro Pena and German Sitz's intimate Palermo parrilla. Grass-fed beef from family land, no walk-ins; charred-crust steaks and smoky bone marrow.
Signature: Costilla de chorizo, Mollejas, Grilled provoleta
German Sitz and Pedro Pena's Asian-leaning sister to La Carniceria; Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai over Argentine beef. LA50B #21 in 2025.
Signature: Wagyu katsu sando, Korean short rib, Tataki of beef
Mariano Ramon's tiny no-reservation Palermo room, open since 2014. Indian-Asian flavors built on Argentine ingredients; LA50B 51-100 list 2025.
Signature: Lentil pancakes, Spiced lamb, Crunchy salads
Tomas Kalika's modern Jewish-Argentine room since 2014; ashkenazi and sephardic cooking via fine-dining technique. World's 50 Best Discovery; Michelin.
Signature: Pastron sandwich, Gefilte fish, Roast lamb shoulder
Gabriel Oggero's seafood-only Palermo room, oysters and fish from small Argentine producers. Michelin Green Star 2024, a red star 2025; rare BA oyster bar.
Signature: Patagonian oysters, Daily catch, Cured fish
Branko Vaccaro and Julia Bottaro's 22-seat Palermo corner: vegetable-led modern Argentine cooking with a young, devoted following and a Bib Gourmand mark.
Signature: Seasonal vegetable tasting, House sourdough, Bib Gourmand vegetable menu
Counter-only asado tasting in Palermo: a dozen guests, an open hearth and eight courses across the fuego cycle. World's Best Steak Restaurants 2026.
Signature: Asado tasting, Mollejas glazed, Whole grilled vegetables
The defining Palermo Soho parrilla. Latin America's 50 Best #1 in 2020 and 2024, #3 in 2025; one Michelin star and a Green Star in the 2024 BA guide.
Tomas Kalika's modern Jewish-Argentine room since 2014; ashkenazi and sephardic cooking via fine-dining technique. World's 50 Best Discovery; Michelin listed.
Buenos Aires' rare oyster-and-seafood fine-dining room. Gabriel Oggero and Geraldine Gastaldo's Palermo kitchen; Michelin Green Star 2024, red star 2025.
Counter-only Palermo asado tasting; a dozen guests watch eight courses come off the open hearth. #22 on World's Best Steak Restaurants 2026.
Pablo Rivero and Guido Tassi's revived 1952 corner bodegon; Spanish-Italian classics with parrilla-level meat sourcing. Latin America's 50 Best #24 in 2025.
Signature: Tortilla, Vitel tone, Milanesa
Gaston Riveira's 2002 parrilla famous for the dozen side bowls (purees, salsas, salads) served with every steak. Two Cabrera locations; consistently full.
Signature: Bife de chorizo with side bowls, Provoleta, Ojo de bife
Mariano Ramon's tiny no-reservation Palermo room since 2014. Indian-Asian flavors built on Argentine ingredients; LA50B 51-100 list in 2025.
Signature: Lentil pancakes, Spiced lamb, Crunchy salads
Modern Palermo pizza al molde with a Sicilian crust angle: high-hydration dough, blistered crust, slab mozzarella, long natural fermentation.
Signature: Fugazzeta, Cuatro quesos, Pizza margarita Argentina
Pedro Pena and German Sitz's choripan-focused Palermo counter, an upgrade of the street-food staple with house-made sausages and toppings beyond chimichurri.
Signature: Classic choripan, Salchicha parrillera, Bondiola al pan
Pedro Pena and German Sitz's all-day Palermo deli-bar. Pork and beef sandwiches done with parrilla-level meat, vermut on tap and a Sunday brunch crowd.
Signature: Bondiola al pan, Pernil sandwich, Vermut con torta frita
Specialty Palermo coffee bar from the LAB Tostadores roastery, a standard-bearer for third-wave coffee in BA. Filter, espresso, baked goods; laptops welcome.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from LAB Tostadores
Pablo Rivero's Palermo bodegon doubles as a morning and aperitif cafe with the 1952 marble counter. Sit at the bar for vermouth and tortilla pre-lunch.
Signature drink: Espresso and vermouth at the bar
German Torres's Palermo-Colegiales border bakery, standard-bearer for Argentine sourdough since 2016. Alternative flours, integral pastries, his book Pan.
Worth the queue: Sourdough loaf with whole grain and rye
Three French entrepreneurs' Palermo Soho boulangerie, widely cited as the city's best croissant. Baguette, pain au levain, pastries; small cafe corner.
Worth the queue: Butter croissant
Palermo flagship of Buenos Aires' sourdough revolution, with branches in Recoleta, Almagro, Nunez and beyond. Slogan: fewer croissants, more medialunas.
Worth the queue: Medialunas (Argentine-style)
Palermo Soho corner room turning out the city's most-photographed laminated pastries. Twice-baked almond croissants, kouign amann, medialunas queues.
Worth the queue: Twice-baked almond croissant
Classic Palermo Soho panaderia of the kind every porteno barrio has on a corner. Medialunas, vigilantes, sacramentos, full factura tray, bread by the kilo.
Worth the queue: Facturas (medialunas, vigilantes, sacramentos)
Palermo Soho specialty cafe-roastery on Honduras. Aeropress, V60 and espresso programs; baked goods from Salvaje and others; small but precisely run.
Sources from: Colombia, Honduras, Ethiopia
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Aeropress
Palermo specialty cafe-roastery, expanded to several BA locations. Brews single-origins to order, retails the whole-bean range and runs cupping evenings.
Sources from: Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Palermo specialty bar with rotating single-origins on espresso and filter. Bright airy room, a regular working spot for the Palermo creative crowd.
Sources from: Colombia, Brazil, Ethiopia
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Palermo Soho specialty cafe; the retail face of LAB Tostadores. Filter coffee program, espresso, sister-property to the roastery on Humboldt.
Sources from: Colombia, Honduras, Ethiopia
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Palermo Soho cafe-bakery doing serious filter and espresso alongside French-Argentine pastries. Big windows, all-day brunch crowd, reliable filter coffee.
Sources from: Colombia, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter
Palermo Soho wine shop-bar focused on small-batch Argentine bottles. Knowledgeable team, daily by-the-glass list and Friday tastings; a discovery counter.
Signature pour: Single-vineyard Malbec by the glass
Wine focus: Argentine boutique producers, small-batch Malbec
Food: Picada plates
Half bakery, half wine bar in Palermo Soho. Naturally fermented bread, country charcuterie, small-producer wines from Patagonia and the Calchaqui Valley.
Signature pour: Patagonian Pinot Noir
Wine focus: Argentine natural and small-producer
Food: Sourdough sandwiches and charcuterie
Sebastian Atienza, Charly Aguinsky and Gus Vocke's Palermo Soho corner; #10 on World's 50 Best Bars 2025. Own-label spirits with Argentine producers.
Signature drink: Own-label whiskey, local liqueurs, pet-nat
Food: Snacks
Palermo Soho speakeasy hidden behind a coffee bar; walk through Victoria Brown coffee, find the sliding door. Vintage room, Argentine craft spirits.
Signature drink: Modern signatures and tea-infused cocktails
Food: Small plates
Mariano Beldi's Jules Verne-themed cocktail bar near Plaza Italia. Long-time on Latin America's 50 Best Bars; submarine-window decor, serious classics list.
Signature drink: Jules Verne-themed signatures
Food: Small plates
Inspired by Asian travel; tea-infusion, sesame and kaffir-lime cocktails plus a Vietnamese-Cantonese snack menu. On Latin America's 50 Best Bars list.
Signature drink: Asian-spice infused signatures
Food: Vietnamese-Cantonese small plates
Palermo Soho cocktail bar focused on Argentine native botanicals and indigenous distillates. Quiet evening room, well-paced, no late-night crush.
Signature drink: Native botanical signatures
Food: Snacks
Pedro Pena and German Sitz upgraded the street choripan to chef-counter form: house-made sausages, ferments, pickled toppings and signature chimichurris.
Try: Choripan with house sausage
Pioneer of Argentine craft beer, founded 1998 in Mar del Plata, with brewpubs nationwide including this Palermo flagship. Scotch Ale and Honey are standards.
Buenos Aires' best-known multi-tap bar with 40-plus rotating Argentine craft beers. Knowledgeable staff, tasting flights; Palermo's craft-beer HQ.
Palermo growler-fill bar and taproom with rotating taps from small Argentine breweries, US-style craft pub food and a long communal back-room table.
Palermo bottleshop-bar with the city's deepest selection of Argentine and imported craft beer to drink in or take home; tasting flights and brewery events.
The Palermo route from the same Parrilla Tour operator. Visits a parrilla, a choripan stop and a wine bar; smaller-group walking tour through Palermo Soho.
Locally owned operator offering Palermo Soho food crawls with stops at parrillas, ice-cream shops, empanadas and a wine bar. Small groups, Argentine-led.
Small-batch Argentine wine tasting in a Palermo townhouse. Five wines, five food pairings; an English-language sommelier walks through Mendoza, Salta and Patagonia.
Street-art-and-food crossover tour through Palermo's mural-heavy streets, with stops for choripan, empanadas and Argentine craft beer; Spanish or English-led.
The largest Argentine food festival, organized twice a year by ACELGA chefs association. Cooking classes, workshops, food stalls from BA's top kitchens and Argentine producers.
Citywide prix-fixe restaurant week with the BA government and Visit Argentina, featuring 100-plus restaurants offering set menus at fixed prices. Mid-September.
Argentine regional-producer fair at La Rural. Wines, olive oils, cheeses, honeys, jams, charcuterie from every province; a tasting-and-buying expo, mid- to late-July.
The annual livestock and agriculture expo, the most important Argentine cattle event of the year. Beef tasting, traditional gaucho food, dairy and grain industry stalls.
Hands-on dinner-and-cooking class in Palermo Soho. Shape empanadas with handmade dough, grill steak, mix cocktails; chef instructors include alumni of Fogon Asado.
Small-group home-kitchen class in Palermo. Empanadas, milanesa, alfajores and a glass of Malbec; instructor-led in English, half-day format.
Home-cooking class with a Buenos Aires-based host through the Traveling Spoon platform. Traditional empanadas, locro or asado depending on season; small-group format.
Chef-driven choripan counter from Pedro Pena and German Sitz: house-made sausages, four pickles, three chimichurris; the cheapest meal at Palermo quality.
Try: Choripan with house sausage
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.
Try: High-hydration Argentine pizza
Palermo Soho corner bakery-cafe with all-day brunch; sourdough toasts, eggs, French-Argentine pastries and filter coffee from LAB Tostadores roastery.
Order: Sourdough toast with avocado, eggs and chistorra
Palermo Botanico all-day cafe; the porteno cliche of Sunday brunch with the smart Recoleta-Palermo crowd. Eggs benedict, French toast, big bowl coffees.
Order: Eggs benedict with Patagonian salmon
Salvaje's bakery doubles as a sit-down brunch spot in Palermo. Naturally fermented sourdough toasts, eggs, integral pastries; Saturday morning queue.
Order: Sourdough toast with whipped ricotta and seasonal fruit
Palermo Soho pastry shop with the city's most-photographed laminated pastries plus brunch plates. Twice-baked almond croissants, kouign amann.
Order: Almond croissant and a flat white
LAB Tostadores' Palermo Soho cafe. Filter and espresso programs anchor a small brunch menu of sourdough toasts, eggs and laminated baked goods.
Order: Flat white and Salvaje sourdough avocado toast
Even Argentina's LA50B-#3 parrilla keeps the grill lit late. 22:30 reservations are standard; the Palermo room runs at full noise until midnight.
Try: Bife de chorizo and provoleta
Sister branch of La Cabrera at Cabrera 5127 in Palermo Soho; takes overflow from the flagship and serves the full menu (steak plus 12 side bowls) until 01:00.
Try: Bife de chorizo with 12 side bowls
Buenos Aires' top cocktail bar; #10 in the World's 50 Best Bars 2025. Open Tuesday to Saturday until 03:00; standing room at the bar past midnight.
Try: Cocktails and bar snacks
Late-running Palermo seafood room with one Michelin star awarded 2025; oyster bar open until 02:00 Mon-Sat, the rare BA option for a midnight dozen oysters.
Try: Oysters and seafood
Palermo Soho speakeasy hidden behind a coffee bar of the same name; sliding back door, vintage room, Argentine craft spirits.
Palermo Soho cult-classic LGBTQ bar with cinema-themed nights, drag shows and a mixed-crowd late-night dancefloor.