Eat in San Telmo, Buenos Aires

Bar El Federal

• ★ 4.3
• Café
• $

Order Cafe and tostado mixto

One of the oldest bar-restaurants in BA, opened 1864 as a general store and rebuilt as the present Italianate corner. Bar Notable, Site of Cultural Interest.

La Poesia

• ★ 4.0
• Café
• $

Order Cafe and apple strudel

Bar Notable on the Chile and Bolivar corner of San Telmo; a small bohemian room declared a Site of Cultural Interest. Worn wood, soft lamps, slow Sundays.

El Federal Wine Bar

• ★ 4.2
• Wine bar
• $$$

Bar Notable El Federal in San Telmo doubles as a serious wine room after 18:00. Argentine bottle list across all regions; the corner has poured since 1864.

Bar Sur

• ★ 4.0
• Tango bar
• $$$

Drink Whisky and tango show

San Telmo tango bar at Estados Unidos and Balcarce, dimly-lit, nightly live tango from 20:00. Listed in the Cafes y Bares Notables register.

Feria de San Telmo (food stalls)

• ★ 4.1
• Market
• $

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 de San Telmo

• ★ 4.5
• Market
• $

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 San Telmo

• ★ 4.4
• Market
• $

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.

Parrilla Tour Buenos Aires

• ★ 4.8

Parrilla Tour's San Telmo walk runs Mondays and Wednesdays at 12:00: a homemade empanada near the Mercado, choripán, then provoleta, two steak cuts and Malbec at one of the city's oldest parrillas.

Devour Buenos Aires Food Tours

• ★ 4.3

Devour's San Telmo route covers Mercado de San Telmo, a bodegon parrilla and a wine bar. Tasting-led, includes regional empanadas and dulce de leche stops.

El Querandi

• ★ 4.2

San Telmo dinner-and-tango show in a 1920s belle epoque dining room. One of the more historically grounded productions in the city.