Walking Food Tour in Buenos Aires · Palermo Soho
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.
Palermo Soho
$85 USD · everything included
The Idea
Buenos Aires is called the most European city in Latin America — not because it copied Europe, but because it couldn't.
Five stops. Five things invented because the original wasn't available.
Italians arrived without their parmigiano
→
so they grated what was here
Spaniards arrived without their chorizo
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so the chorizo became beef
Nobody arrived with the original recipe
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so memory wrote it again
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.
*We're sorry, but we don't currently offer vegan or gluten-free options.
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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"The food was genuinely good — not tour-food good, actually good."
"Genuinely felt like a night out with friends."
"Turned out to be the highlight of my trip."
"Really fun experience and a great way to spend a few hours."
"The choripán stop was probably my favorite."
"Ended up being the best decision of the trip."
"No set menu, no waiting around — the food's already sorted."
"The cost covers literally everything, no surprise costs."
"Warm, funny, clearly loved what she does."
"It set the bar for every meal after."
Based on real guest reviews on Tripadvisor
Reserve
Message us to check availability. We'll confirm your date and group size, then send a PayPal link to pay in full.
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Kati & Meli
Who's Behind This
ba.eat has spent years finding and reviewing the city's best food — this tour is the same eye, walking you through it in person.
Instagram Follow!Good to Know
Everything: tastings at all five stops (empanadas at Bodegón Núñez, choripán at Chori, asado, provoleta, milanesa and wine at Lo de Jesús, artisanal ice cream at Kuono) and a closing drink at Tres Monos, one of the World's 50 Best Bars. $85 USD per person, paid in advance. Nothing to pay on the day.
Yes. Tours run in English or Spanish, led by a local guide trained by the @ba.eat team.
Because the city's food only makes sense once you know where it came from. Italian, Spanish and other immigrants rebuilt the dishes they missed with what they found here, and that's how empanadas, milanesa or helado became Argentine. In one afternoon you taste the classics at places locals actually go to, without having to research, queue or guess what to order.
It's built by @ba.eat, the food account 430K+ people follow for where to eat in Buenos Aires. Every stop is a spot we'd send a friend to, the whole route is walkable in Palermo Soho, all tastings are included, and groups are small (max 12).
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.
It depends — the tour follows a fixed menu at each stop (empanadas, choripán, asado, provoleta, 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, provoleta, 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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