La Vineria de Gualterio Bolivar

La Vineria de Gualterio  Bolivar Eclectic, Fine Dining About 130-140 pesos ($45) for the tasting menu, without wine. Bolívar 865, Buenos Aires, Argentina In recent years, molecular gastronomy has picked up quite the following throughout the world. Nowadays, it’s not just about quality, but rather about innovation, both in terms...

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La Bourgogne

La Bourgogne (restaurant at Bodega Vistalba) French, Fine Dining Mendoza 150 ($45) pesos for 3 courses R. Saenz Peña 3531 – Vistalba Mendoza, Argentina Very rarely do you find a restaurant that is considered almost unanimously the best in a nation. Yet Argentina does have just such a restaurant in La Bourgogne, which...

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Yuco

Yuco Eclectic, Fine Dining Entrées run about $20-$25. My cost was about US$60-$70 for 3 courses, a glass of wine, and tax and tip. Bustillo Av. San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina Argentina has some pretty interesting towns, but nowhere is quite as unique as Bariloche, the land of chocolate. That’s right—Argentina has a whole...

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O’Fournier Restaurant

Eclectic, Fine Dining. A 3 course meal with 4 paired wines costs about 60 pesos ($17), but it depends on the level of wine pairing. With the higher echelon of wines, the meal can come to over twice as much. Los Indios S/N, 5567 La Consulta, Mendoza, Argentina. It was my last day in Mendoza, and I had one wine region left to visit,...

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Club Tapiz

Club Tapiz French/Eclectic, Fine Dining About 40 pesos ($11.50) per person for 2 courses Ruta Provincial 60 Mendoza, Argentina During my trip through Mendoza, I decided to take a day off from the guided wine tastings and to rough it through Maipu, the nearest wine-producing region. Maipu has much more infrastructure than the other...

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Butterfly

Butterfly French/Eclectic, Fine Dining Around US$40-$50 for the actual dinner. You can reasonably expect to spend $60-$80 with some wine and/or supplements. Below Avenida Bustillo KM 7.9 Bariloche, Argentina Bariloche in Argentina is somewhat of an odd scene. Known for the fantastic ski slopes and the chocolate, you really...

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Casa Coupage

Eclectic, Fine Dining. About 200 pesos ($55-$60) per person. Güemes 4382 1 piso por escalera, 1425 Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of the greatest oddities of the Argentine culinary world is that a guy can not only open a restaurant in his house, but it can be one of the best in the entire city. And that is exactly the case with Casa...

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Bistro M

Bistro M French, Fine Dining Price: NY Times says $12 to $18 for main courses, but that’s an underestimate. With wine and 3 courses, it’ll easily come out to $50-$65. Chile 1124 Mendoza, Argentina I had just gotten back to Mendoza for my 2nd wine-tasting expedition, and I knew I was going to need some good food in my belly...

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Lunch at Bodega Ruca Malen

Bodega Ruca Malen Eclectic/Fine Dining Price N/A Ruta Nacional Nro 7 km 1059 Mendoza 0261, Argentina On my 2nd visit to Mendoza, I engaged in much more extensive wine-tasting expeditions. Unfortunately, some of the wineries are so far apart in Mendoza that you’re really stranded in the middle of nowhere, without any food. Luckily,...

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1884 Francis Mallman

1884 Francis Mallman Parrilla/Steakhouse My cost: 190 pesos (around $55) for 3-course dinner and a glass of wine for one person 1188 Belgrano Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina During our studies in Argentina, my friends Jeff, Joe, and I decided to go to Argentina’s wine region, Mendoza,  to do some wine tasting. After gorging on...

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