Bar El Federal ★ 4.3
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.
Signature drink: Cafe and tostado mixto
Cafés in San Telmo
La Poesia ★ 4.0
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.
Signature drink: Cafe and apple strudel
Wine Bars in San Telmo
El Federal Wine Bar ★ 4.2
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.
Signature pour: Bonarda by the glass
Wine focus: Argentine across regions
Food: Sandwiches and Argentine cheese plates
Bars in San Telmo
Bar Sur ★ 4.0
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.
Signature drink: Whisky and tango show
Food: Late-night plates
Street Food in San Telmo
Feria de San Telmo (food stalls) ★ 4.2
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.
Try: Choripan, churros, empanadas, helado
Markets in San Telmo
Mercado de San Telmo ★ 4.5
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
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.
Food Tours in San Telmo
★ 4.5
Founded in 2011, the original Buenos Aires parrilla walking tour. The San Telmo route visits a parrilla, empanada counter and an ice-cream stop with Argentine wine throughout. Monday and Wednesday at 12:00.
★ 4.4
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.
Food Festivals in San Telmo
Noche de los Bodegones ★ 4.2
A citywide one-Friday night when bodegones run a fixed-price three-course bodegon dinner. Organised by the city tourism office; check the year's participating list at booking time.
Late-Night Eats in San Telmo
Bar Sur ★ 4.0
San Telmo tango bar at Estados Unidos and Balcarce; nightly tango from 20:00, kitchen plates and whisky service until 02:30 every night of the week.
Try: Late-night plates and tango show
Nightlife in San Telmo
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.
Bar Sur ★ 4.0
Intimate San Telmo tango bar with nightly live tango from 20:00. Bar Notable, smaller and more atmospheric than the show-hall productions.