Don Julio

Don Julio is probably the most famous restaurant in all of Buenos Aires, and has racked up more accolades than EGOT winner and fictional nun Whoopi Goldberg. Any grilled beef option is excellent (the family who runs it has connections in the livestock industry), but you should start your meal with ground beef empanadas and then get into big plates of charred cuts of chorizo, crispy sweetbreads, and morcilla. Like most spots in Buenos Aires, dinner starts late—past 10pm—and the wait is usually long. Put your name down and wait things out at one of the many bars near Plaza Serrano.