Buenos Aires: Palermo Viejo Asado Cooking & Street Art Walk

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Palermo’s flavors & murals come alive in this relaxed asado day

You’ll get your hands smoky learning asado in an old Palermo bakery-turned-loft, stroll colorful streets with a local guide, pick out steak at the butcher’s and sip Malbec with charcuterie before sharing lunch in a sunlit garden. Expect laughter over mate and plenty of small moments that stick with you long after you leave Buenos Aires.

Step-by-step itinerary

Palermo Viejo food and culture tour

Meet guide at private home
Learn to light grill and make chimichurri
Visit neighborhood butcher for steak
Hear history of Palermo Viejo neighborhood
Stop at lively plaza for history
Learn about urban vegetable garden and compost
Walk narrow pasaje street and see street art
Admire more street art on another pasaje
Enjoy wine tasting with local charcuterie
Pick wine bottles for meal

The Experience

We stepped right off the cobbled sidewalk into this huge old house in Palermo Viejo—honestly, I almost missed the door. The place used to be a bakery (then a garage, then who knows what), but now it’s all open brick and light, with a proper garden out back. Our guide, Martín, handed us aprons and showed us how to start the fire for asado. The smell of wood smoke hit first—kind of earthy and sharp—and then we started chopping herbs for chimichurri. My hands still smelled like parsley hours later.

Before we got too hungry, Martín took us out into the streets. Palermo Viejo is loud in color but somehow quiet at midday—just birds and someone’s radio echoing from an upstairs window. We ducked into the butcher’s shop (I tried to say “entraña” right; didn’t quite nail it) and picked out our steak for lunch. He told us about how this neighborhood was mostly sleepy houses before all the artists moved in—now there’s street art everywhere you look, even on the tiniest pasajes between buildings.

We wandered through a plaza where kids were watering vegetables—apparently Don Julio restaurant runs this urban garden and gives all the produce away. It felt like everyone knew each other here; people waved or just nodded when we passed. At a little wine shop tucked behind some graffiti-covered shutters, we tasted Malbec with salty charcuterie that made me want to eat slower than usual. I never thought I’d care about wine legs but…well, here we are.

Back at the house, Martín showed us how to grill everything properly—he kept saying “despacio” (slowly), which I guess is the whole point of asado. We ate outside under some tangled vines: steak, salad, bread still warm from somewhere nearby. Dessert was simple but perfect. Someone brewed mate at the end; I tried it even though I’d heard it was bitter (it is). Still think about that smoky taste every time I walk past a barbecue now.

What’s included

Your day includes walking through Palermo Viejo with a neighborhood guide.
all food and drinks from appetizers to dessert plus water, wine tasting with charcuterie at a local shop.
hands-on asado cooking instruction.
use of professional kitchen facilities.
lunch served in a garden with grilled meats or vegetarian options.
plus mate tea to finish—all wrapped up in one relaxed afternoon before you head out again into Buenos Aires.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

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