Walking Food Tour · Palermo Soho · Buenos Aires
A five-stop walk through the dishes immigrants invented when they couldn't find what they'd left behind — narrated, tasted, and paid for in advance. No lines, no menus, no guessing.
The Idea
Buenos Aires is often called the most European city in Latin America. That's not because it copied Europe — it's because it couldn't. Italians arrived without their cheese. Spaniards arrived without their chorizo. What got built instead, out of substitution, memory, and stubbornness, is the food you're about to eat.
Every stop on this tour is a chapter of that story: one dish, one wave of immigration, one thing that got invented because the original wasn't available.
"Every recipe on this walk is a copy that didn't quite work — and turned into something better."
The Route
Each stop is fully included in the price — food, drink, and the story behind it. You won't order anything or reach for your wallet until the very end.
Bodegón Núñez Classic savory bite
Argentina's 23 provinces each guard their own version — different dough, different fold, different filling. You'll learn to read the fold before you bite: it tells you what's inside before your teeth do.
Chori Street food staple
Spanish chorizo, rebuilt from local pork and beef because the original ingredients never made the crossing. Eaten standing up, at the corner of everywhere — a football match, a Sunday asado, or right here, with a group of strangers, all eager to taste this city one corner at a time.
Lo de Jesús The main event
This is the main event: a full asado spread straight off the parrilla — the cuts, the crackle, the smoke — alongside a milanesa, Buenos Aires's own answer to the Milanese cotoletta invented by Italian immigrants without a proper oven. There's provoleta too, Italian provolone that never existed in Italy. And one more dish joining the table that day — we're saving that surprise for the tour itself. Sit down, share the cuts, and don't critique the asador's timing. That's the one rule that isn't negotiable.
Heladería Kuono Sweet finish
Genovese and Neapolitan immigrants brought the technique, not the ingredients. What grew out of that gap is why Buenos Aires now has more ice cream shops per capita than most Italian cities.
Tres Monos Bar One drink included
One drink, on us, at Tres Monos — ranked #10 in The World's 50 Best Bars 2025 and named Best Bar in South America. This is where your guide says goodbye. The drink is yours to enjoy at your own pace, so the night can keep going without a schedule.
The Ground You'll Cover
Drawn to scale from the real route — every stop sits inside Palermo Soho, none more than a few blocks apart.
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Right at Bodegón Núñez in Palermo, our empanada stop and the first course of the tour. Exact address confirmed with your booking.
Arrive by 4:50pm — the tour starts promptly at 5:00pm. If you're more than 10 minutes late, you can catch up with the group at the next stop.
It depends — the tour follows a fixed menu at each stop (empanadas, choripán, milanesa, ice cream) and we can't easily swap ingredients or guarantee an alternative right now. Message us before booking with your specific restriction and we'll tell you honestly whether the tour works for you.
Not yet — most stops feature wheat and dairy (empanadas, choripán, milanesa, ice cream), and we can't guarantee a fully safe gluten-free or lactose-free experience right now. We're working on it. If this applies to you, message us before booking and we'll tell you what's currently possible.
All flat ground: roughly 30 minutes of actual walking spread across the five stops — the rest of the ~2.5 hours together is spent eating, not moving.
You pay in full when you book, via WhatsApp and PayPal. Nothing to pay in person: every stop is already covered.
Full refund if you cancel at least 48 hours before the tour. Inside 48 hours, we can't guarantee a refund since the spot has already been reserved with each venue.
The tour runs rain or shine — most of the stops are indoors.
Groups are capped at 12 to keep the experience personal. For more than 12, message us directly to arrange a second guide.
Every Thursday and Friday. Follow @foodtourinba for the exact date each time.
Message @foodtourinba on Instagram or on WhatsApp Business any time — we usually reply within a day.
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