Restaurant reviews – the opinions expressed are solely my own. Often, though it will appear that they’re based on a single visit, they’re based on more than one. And I’m willing to hear from folks who disagree – I do know that restaurants, including my own, have their off days.
The lunch group I put together, The Roving Ravenous Horde, a few years back still exists (the starting point was here). It’s morphed a bit. About six months back the core group of us sort of took a look at things and felt it had gotten a bit unwieldy. I might have been the driving force… Read More The Horde Still Rides
Just back from six days in São Paulo. Initially planned as a solo getaway with the intent to get to a bunch of the “50 Best”, “Michelin Star”, or simply highly recommended by friends in the know kind of restaurants. The kind of places that Henry has little interest in, so I end up not… Read More Standing Out in São Paulo
Flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and derelict… the opening salvo of 2023’s Bite Marks, a bit of this, a bit of that, some of it washed up, some of it not. One man’s cast-offs are another’s treasures and pleasures. Perhaps seven spots are a little overdoing it, but I wanted to get this in before heading out… Read More Bite Marks #101
The barrio of Caballito, in the middle of the city of Buenos Aires was created around a small pulpería, or, general store. The store was opened in 1821 by Don Nicolás Vila, at the corner of Av. Rivadavía and Emilio Mitre, and was notable for its tall weathervane topped with a horse, a caballo. As the barrio… Read More Which Way Blows the Pizza Wind
Small plate, creative food, is still a thing here. Is it still a thing wherever you are? Three relatively new spots recently checked out. Social Paraiso Bistro, Riobamba 1220, Recoleta – Long time eaters in Buenos Aires may well remember Social Paraiso, in Palermo, one of the early on spots that made a pretty good… Read More Grazing at the New Year
A recova is a market where live poultry is sold. There was a building constructed in 1803 near to the Plaza de Mayo that was called La Recova for the former poultry market located there. It was torn down 81 years later. It wouldn’t be until more than a century later, in 1992, that La Recova de Posadas… Read More Bite Marks #100!
I’m sure that at some point in its history… …this street was much more attractive. It’s not exactly the sort of block I’d head to looking for excellent dining. But I have, over the years, spotted this place, Le Famiglie, Salta 440, in Monserrat, opened back in 1980. And recently, it popped up in a couple… Read More Welcome to the Families
I was 22 the first time I encountered a “sausage and peppers”, the street food sandwich ubiquitous in Italian celebrations in and around New York. I’d just moved there, and some new friends invited me to go to the San Gennaro festival with them. We didn’t have big Italian festivals in Ann Arbor, where I grew… Read More Sausage and Peppers