The Food Buster

El Patacón
Parrilla, Steakhouse
Entrées run about US$10 to $15
Av. Bustillo, Km 7, Outside the City Center
Bariloche, Argentina
Awhile back I put up a review of El Boliche de Alberto, the one highly recommended steakhouse within the actual city of Bariloche. Well, that experience had left a very bitter taste in my mouth. Steak is Argentina’s national food! [...]

El Boliche de Alberto
Parrilla/Steakhouse
Entrées for US$10 or less
Villegas 347
Bariloche, Argentina
Argentina’s Bariloche has some of the best food in the country. Unfortunately, on my first day, that wasn’t the case, as can be seen by my review of Yuco, the first restaurant I went to. In fact, the meal was just so disappointing, for all the [...]

Azafrán
General Argentine Cuisine (but not a pure steakhouse)
Less than US$10 for the main course.
Sarmiento 765
Mendoza, Argentina
I was still in Mendoza with my friends Joe and Jeff. We had just had a memorable meal the night before at Francis Mallman’s 1884, but that was both pricy and far. This time we just wanted a peaceful, more [...]

[provided by and posted with permission of La Cabera]
La Cabrera
Parrilla/Steakhouse
My cost: 360 pesos (About $105) for 4 young college students, with a ravenous appetite
Cabrera 5099
Buenos Aires, Argentina

In terms of Argentine cuisine, you really can’t do much better than the meat, which you can find fresh and cheap throughout the city. Very few steakhouses, [...]