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Buenos Aires is an absolute paradise for foodie travelers with an incredible restaurant, cafe and bar scene. Here you can find everything from luxurious steak houses to tasty street food, laid back cafes to vivacious bars, and traditional Argentine dishes to almost every other culture in between. After staying in Buenos Aires for 2 months myself, this is a list of my top recommendations for varying budgets, tastes, and needs. This guide includes: FOOD ✨ 7 Argentinian Restaurants and Parillas ✨ 5 Best Places for Pizza and Pasta ✨ 4 Yummy Quick Bites ✨ 8 Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurants ✨ 4 Restaurants of other cultures to mix things up DESERTS AND CAFES ✨ 3 Best Ice Cream Parlors ✨ 8 Delicious Cafes serving amazing coffee and deserts ✨ 2 Tea Houses DRINKS ✨ 4 Wine Bars ✨ 4 Cocktail Bars ✨ 2 Rooftop Bars ✨ 4 Nightclubs Most every place is within neighborhoods tourists frequent such as Palermo, Recoleta, Villa Crespo, San Telmo, Retiro & Monserrat.

This upscale residential barrio located northeast of the city center is perhaps *the* reason Buenos Aires is known as the "Paris of South America." Home to dozens of important historic and cultural landmarks, postcard-worthy Belle Epoque architecture, and a buzzing variety of restaurants, bars, shops, and cafés, Recoleta is a favorite among both visitors and locals alike. Below you'll find a wide array of options to best explore the area at your leisure, taking in the beautiful sights and its eternally chic denizens along the way.

Forget about the steak, something Argentina does better than anyone else is helado (aka ice cream 🍨). Thanks to the profound influence large waves of Italian immigration had on the local population - not to mention a pathological fixation on all things sweet - you'll find an ice cream parlor on nearly every corner. There's something for everyone, from old-school classics that have been scooping up happiness for half a century to new places hyper-focused on gourmet, seasonal flavors. No matter where you end up, you'll have zero regrets about the sugar coma that follows. 🦉 Night owls, rejoice: the city's heladerías stay open quite late, so you can get your fix no matter the hour.