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1. Don Julio

Argentine parrilla (steakhouse)$$$$Palermo Viejo

Palermo's celebrated parrilla, holder of a Michelin star and Green Star, serving dry-aged Angus and Hereford beef from a cellar-backed corner house.

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2. Pizzería Güerrín

Buenos Aires pizzeria$San Nicolás

A pizzeria on Avenida Corrientes founded in 1932 by Genoese immigrants, famous for thick pizza al molde and open until late every night.

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3. La Brigada

Traditional parrilla$$$San Telmo

A San Telmo parrilla founded in 1992 by Hugo Echevarrieta, known for beef so tender it is cut with a spoon and a dining room full of football shirts.

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4. El Obrero

Traditional bodegón$$La Boca

A La Boca bodegón opened in 1954 by two young Spanish brothers to feed port and factory workers, now famous for its huge milanesas and home cooking.

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5. Aramburu

Creative tasting menu$$$$Recoleta

Gonzalo Aramburu's two-Michelin-star Recoleta restaurant, serving a single surprise tasting menu built on Argentine ingredients.

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6. Mishiguene

Modern Jewish cuisine$$$Palermo

Tomás Kalika's Palermo restaurant reinventing the Jewish immigrant cooking of his grandmother's generation, famous for its ten-day pastrami.

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7. El Preferido de Palermo

Modern bodegón$$$Palermo Soho

A modern take on the neighbourhood bodegón from the Don Julio team, set in a pink 1952 house in Palermo Soho, known for milanesa and house charcuterie.

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8. Gran Dabbang

Asian and Latin American small plates$$Palermo

Mariano Ramón's tiny Palermo restaurant mixing Asian, Indian and Latin American flavours in a short menu of sharing plates, with no reservations.

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9. Cabaña Las Lilas

Upscale parrilla$$$$Puerto Madero

A Puerto Madero steakhouse opened in 1995 beside the old docks, serving beef from its own estancia's herds in a converted grain-silo building.

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10. El Imparcial

Historic Spanish restaurant$$Monserrat

Founded in 1860 by a Spanish immigrant and believed to be the oldest restaurant in Buenos Aires, serving puchero, paella and seafood near the Congress.

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