Rosario, Argentina

Rosario Slideshow

 

Bar El Cairo: spent a rainy afternoon here with a bottle of wine. I mean for $250-300AP Por que, no? It’s a very old bar/restaurant that apparently everyone reveres as it was packed when I sat down around 2:45pm. Both things I had to eat the  steak sandwich that came with fries and the dessert were both well prepared and tasty. Total damage ran $650AP

Restaurant Bruno: walked quite a ways to get to this place because I had read a couple of reviews that it was good Italian. The wine was good, of course, the lasagna was good just not great. The bread pudding cane highly recommended just know their bread pudding isn’t bread pudding like in the states. I enjoyed it; probably would have been more appropriate to have the flan or tiramisu though. The service was on point and the atmosphere was muy bueno. A classic Italian place atmosphere with wait staff to boot. I forgot what I had for a starter the entire meal with a bottle of wine ran 7-900AP. 

Rock n’ Feller’s: an Argentinian style Hard Rock Cafe. I’m told by everyone at the bar it’s the same crowd daily from 6-10 for their happy hour and supposedly the food is good. I would have to imagine it’s better than The Hard Rock since that food is awful from the word go. Had a couple of beers around the horseshoe shaped bar looking out on the boulevard. Place was crowded and reservations are recommended. 

Chinchibira: a really nice establishment with superb service. Right on a busy corner with big picturesque windows and a nice bar. The place was buzzing when I walked in about 8pm on a Thursday evening. I didn’t see an open table, so I decided to settle in at the bar which was quite nice from the marble bar top to the soft ‘non-led’ lighting. The bartenders immediately greeted me and I was handed a menu. The wine selection was good tried two different Cabernet’s from Mendoza. An area I would soon be visiting. The steak had the best flavor of anywhere in Argentina to date. And I had had about 7 steaks in Argentina at this point. Steak came with potatoes and I had 2 glasses of wine with a salad; all for $805AP. Really good price for the caliber of restaurant atmosphere and attentive wait staff.

 

Published on Friday, May 26 2023 by Gary Brown