Spanish restaurants in Argentina
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Oviedo
The sole and sea bass at Oviedo are so fresh they’re practically still flopping around. Prepared with contemporary Spanish flair and paired with cold white wine, fish takes center stage at this fine dining institution –although melt-in-your-mouth pork dishes are also worth writing home about.
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Museo del Jamón
There's something comforting and inviting about old-school Spanish eateries such as Museo del Jamón. Perhaps it's the hanging hams that you know are soon destined to be carved for a delicious plate of crudo (raw proscuitto), or it's the thought that as you wait a delicious paella is being prepared for you while you graze some tapas. Perfect for a rainy BA day.
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La Tasca de Plaza España
With excellent Mediterranean and Spanish tapas (mostly seafood), great wines, intimate atmosphere, good art and friendly service, La Tasca is one of Mendoza’s best.
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Las Rías de Galicia
An upscale Spanish restaurant with the best-value set lunch in town. Going à la carte gets you all sorts of goodies, including some excellent seafood selections.
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El Hispano
Tired of the same old steak? Head to BA’s Little Spain neighborhood in Congreso, where this classy and atmospheric 50-year-old Spanish restaurant offers choices from octopus cazuela (stew) to frogs Provençal to snails a la Andaluza…or even just paella. Unsurprisingly, it’s really into seafood, including grilled trout, mussels, oysters and fried calamari. Don’t forget desserts like natilla (custard) and arroz con leche (rice pudding) to round off your special non-steak meal (though it’s got them on the menu as well).
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La Vinería de Gualterio Bolívar
Furnished in minimalist white and not much larger than a studio apartment, La Vinería feels like a foodie’s laboratory – fitting, considering the inventive molecular gastronomy that chef Alejandro Digilio concocts in the open kitchen. His cutting-edge eatery, which offers a nine-course tasting menu paired with several pours of high-end local wines, has attracted international attention since opening in 2007.
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Sangria
An excellent addition to the dining scene in the Microcentro, Sangria simply does what it says on the label: 'Authentic Tapas'. The food, from the gazpacho through to a classic paella de pollo y frutos de mar (paella with chicken and seafood), is hearty and the extensive tapas menu is perfect for grazing. To up the Spanish theme there is flamenco on Thursday nights.
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Casal de Catalunya
Unsurprisingly big on seafood, this excellent Catalan restaurant offers garlic shrimp, mussels and clams in tomato sauce and fish of the day with aioli (garlic mayonnaise). Other typical Spanish dishes include jamón serrano (prosciutto-like ham), seafood paella and suckling pig. Don’t miss the luscious crema Catalana for dessert.
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Café San Juan
Aside from the gleaming open kitchen, this petite restaurant isn’t overly impressive to look at – the focus is firmly on the food at the family-run Café San Juan. A constantly changing chalkboard menu of tapas and main dishes is built around flavorful cheeses, seasonal vegetables like zucchini and eggplant and perfectly al dente pasta.
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Jockey Club
Strangely empty of pint-sized horse riders, the staid atmosphere of the Jockey Club belongs to another era but belies the quality and welcome variety of its cuisine. Elaborate and tasty creations with a Spanish touch are accompanied by cordially formal service.
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El Horreo
Dangling vines, low lights and crisp linens add spark to this historic Sociedad Española building with a pleasant upstairs bar. It's the kind of place to see and be seen; while you're at it you can try Spanish specialties.
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Sociedad Española
The Spanish Society is always worth hunting down for traditional Spanish dishes, including seafood. It's a grand old place, worth the trek for some fine dining and formal service. It opens late for dinner, around 21:30.
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Ligure
This classic, old-school restaurant in upscale Retiro is something of a hidden gem. It’s popular with the older elite so don’t expect any modern hipness; instead, come to savor traditional Spanish delicacies like the seafood paella , ranas a la provencal (frogs’ legs in garlic) and pulpo a la gallega (Galician octopus). Steak lovers can select their lomo (tenderloins) in six kinds of sauces, while vegetarians can opt for the homemade pasta.
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