On a whim, I ended up walking through the Córdoba Sunday street market to the San Martin farmers market. From a distance I could see smoke from a grill and had a feeling I’d be coming across a choripan stand. To my delight I came across this family operation of choripan. The father cooked, the mother put the choripan together, the daughter got the bread, mayo, lettuce and tomato ready for the sandwich while also collecting money while the son topped it off with the chimichurri.
Solar de Tejada is a restaurant located near the Plaza San Martin area of Córdoba. I know I’ve been pretty fair with my restaurants that didn’t meet my expectations but I can honestly say that this restaurant really sucks and is a tourist trap. The restaurant is located near all the iglesias and I ate here because I couldn’t really find any other place to eat in Córdoba. The food was mediocre, at best, and the service was terrible; straight terrible. You think I’m going to recommend this place? Yup, I’ll recommend for you to stay the hell away from this place.
Don Alonso is a parrilla located in Mina Clavero within the Córdoba province. As apart of the day tour I took outside of Córdoba we stopped here in Mina Clavero for lunch. Mina Clavero is fueled by their river that people treat as a beach-like tourist destination, in addition to the casino there too. I think the reason we ended up eating at Don Alonso was because our tour guide was friends with some of the staff so what better way to get bring in a little business.
Amerian Córdoba Park Hotel is centrally located in Córdoba city directly across the street from Patio Olmos Shopping Center on Av. San Juan. According to the website, the hotel is rated a 4-star superior quality hotel. From my travels I can’t say that this hotel was 4-stars but, I guess, for Argentina rating standards the Amerian Córdoba Park Hotel does fulfill the qualifications for that distinction.
If you’ve watched any special on Buenos Aires on Travel Channel or Food Network, more or less there’ll be a reference to the popularity of ice cream. Now I could probably write about any ice cream shop in Buenos Aires but I wanted to focus on Grido, the ice cream shop I couldn’t stop seeing while visiting the city Córdoba.
Alfonsina is a restaurant located near Patio Olmos shopping center in Córdoba. The restaurant is small, loud, and busy; filled with a mix of locals and tourists. The menu is simple with not much of a parrilla offering. Not knowing what Córdoba had to offer in terms of restaurants I was recommended this restaurant by the employee of one of the tour guide offices. I doubt he gets any kick-backs by recommending this restaurant but he did claim that it was one of his favorite places. Without many other options, I ate here and had a simple, quick meal.
I’m the type that believes that some of the best food will come from either your hole-in-the-wall restaurants or better yet, street vendors. Now, the sanity issue is always a concern but when it comes to the street vendors you have true locals cooking good food while keeping it at a fair price since the overhead costs are minimal. As with the taco trucks I’m used to come the choripan carts of Argentina. Choripan simply is a chorizo sandwich. The chorizo is split down the middel the long way, placed in bread with chimichurri and other garnishes of your choice. If that sounds tasty to you, trust me, it is.
